At eighteen, she became a tutor for a rebellious high school boy. On his birthday, alcohol, lies, and a strawberry candy led her to give herself to him. She thought it was love, and that the boy who said "I like you" would be the one she spent her life with. But on graduation day, a phone call from the airport brought his words: "You're not part of my plans for the future."
Afterward, she went alone to a bar to drink away her sorrows. When she was too drunk to stay conscious, a man took her back to his hotel. His gaze was cold and restrained. "I'm not interested in taking advantage of someone who's drunk," he said. But before she woke, he left her stomach medicine, hot porridge, and a note that read, "Remember to eat."
From that day on, her life began to spiral out of control
A gentle, devoted senior barged into her room one drunken night and declared his feelings in the most passionate way possible;
An austere, icy mentor punished her under the pretext of supervising her thesis. As his fingers roamed over her body, he smiled with cruel tenderness and said, "If you still get it wrong, you'll be punished again tomorrow";
A domineering CEO declared the outcome at their very first meeting. "Everyone else is waiting for you to choose," he said, "but I'll make sure you choose me."
Su Nian'an struggles and loses herself among these four men, becoming ever more alluring as they pamper her. She longs to be loved, so she accepts anyone who comes along; she's afraid of losing someone, so she chooses no one. She thinks that if she never makes a choice, she can keep all that warmth forever. But the tide will always recede, and every shell and stone on the beach will eventually emerge. Before that happens, she must figure out who truly lives in her heart.
Theme: Loving yourself is enough
