Xie Qingyu is the darling of the heavens, admired by everyone.
With exceptional talent and a powerful family, even his cold personality cannot stop people from throwing themselves at him for that breathtaking face of his.
Everyone likes him, but he coldly turns them all down.
Yu Cheng dresses plainly, his school uniform washed pale. Standing beside the other suitors, he looks out of place. As he holds his love letter, his hands tremble.
"Xie Qingyu."
"I... I like you."
The favored son of heaven looks him over, then coldly murmurs a few words:
"I don't like you."
Yu Cheng stiffens all over, silently takes back his letter, and never bothers him again.
Xie Qingyu is used to being adored.
Everyone is so transparently calculating, their ambition plain in their eyes. Some bet they can win him over in a few days; others act as if their world will end, then lash out and slander him when he turns them down.
And then there was one who trembled as he confessed his feelings, only to act like he didn't know Xie Qingyu the next time they met.
Heh.
Even a dog wouldn't date someone like that.
Years later.
Xie Qingyu becomes president of the Xie Group.
When Yu Cheng, now a senior executive, attends a company meeting, Xie Qingyu sees him again for the first time in years.
The boy who once nervously confessed with a quavering voice now wears a sharp suit and stands quietly among the subordinates.
Everyone else submits their reports right at the deadline, but Yu Cheng brings his in early every day.
They run into each other on the way, yet Yu Cheng acts as if they barely know one another.
Then, strangely, he stays late to work alone with Xie Qingyu.
He even asks someone else out to dinner right in front of him, as if testing his reaction.
Watching Yu Cheng hand him coffee and documents that aren't part of his job,
Xie Qingyu thinks: So he came back for another round.
After being rejected, Yu Cheng threw himself wholeheartedly into his studies.
His grades soared, and everything went smoothly. After graduating, he joined the headquarters of the Xie Group, a top-tier corporation, as a planner.
Thanks to his outstanding abilities, he earned a senior executive position within just a few months.
During a team-building game of Truth or Dare, someone asks Yu Cheng if he likes anyone.
The corner of Xie Qingyu's mouth lifts almost imperceptibly as he waits for the answer he expects.
But the next moment, Yu Cheng calmly says, "I don't like anyone."
Xie Qingyu, who was expecting to hear his own name: "..."
Fine. He might as well jump right now.
Synopsis saved on June 16, 2026
Theme: Let love be the ladder that takes us both to the top.
