1992, Shencheng.
The stock market was in a frenzy, and subscription certificates were impossible to find.
With nowhere else to turn, Shen Yanxu staked his last subscription certificate outside the exchange to save his seriously ill father and secure his younger brother's chance to return to the city.
Xing Wu took one look at him. "An intellectual? You can't handle this stuff. If we make money, we split it three-seven. If we lose, you belong to me."
He taught him to read the market, brought him into the business, and pulled him out of the mud.
He claimed him with the words, "You're mine," never realizing that Shen Yanxu had never wanted to learn to fly inside a cage. He wanted them to love each other freely and as equals.
When Shen Yanxu had finally saved enough to leave, Xing Wu asked him, eyes red, "Teach me how to love you."
Even after losing his memory, they fell in love at first sight all over again.
- Main couple: evenly matched, love born of a deal, a bittersweet push and pull
- Side couple: unrequited love for a straight man, restrained and patient, a slow-blooming romance
- Side couple: substitute romance, love at first sight, a BE groveling arc
Theme: If you're going to date, communicate properly
