[Understated martial arts prodigy x pampered mixed-race heiress]
Ye Wudai is hard to break. She looks honest and easy to tease, but when she fights, she's as ferocious as a wild dog.
Unfortunately, the young lady has never been denied anything she wants.
They think meeting was chance, and getting close was a selfish choice. It takes a crisis to shatter the calm and draw them into the same game, entangled in the interests left behind by their grandparents, the falling-out buried by their fathers, and the unspeakable past shared by their mothers.
Shen Lingyi hates being controlled most of all, yet the person she trusts most is part of the plan.
The first time Ye Wudai disobeys an order, it's to stay. When she ends things with her own hands, it's for Shen Lingyi.
1.
Ye Wudai comes to Hong Kong with one goal: get top grades and a scholarship, and earn some money on the side as a study companion.
Her employer, Shen Lingyi, is beautiful and spoiled, and best at paying people to do as they're told.
The day they sign the contract, the young lady asks, “If I pay enough, will you do anything?”
Ye Wudai carefully crosses out a line.
“I won't do your homework, and I won't sell my body.”
Only later does Shen Lingyi learn that Ye Wudai would take a knife for her and carry her out of danger, yet refuses to admit she likes her.
“That's not in the contract.”
“Then add it.”
2.
The whole school knows that Miss Shen has acquired a poor study companion.
Ye Wudai carries her bags, eats with her, keeps her in line when she skips class, and even asks about every new red mark on her skin.
Everyone waits to see when the young lady will get bored.
Until one night, Shen Lingyi corners her behind a door and grabs her by the collar.
“Do you coddle the other people you study with like this, too?”
Ye Wudai looks down at her.
“I'm not your employee right now.”
“So?”
“So you can't order me to kiss you.”
3.
Shen Lingyi used to be most afraid that Ye Wudai was staying for the money.
Later, she learns that Ye Wudai can choose to leave without the money, and without her.
Years later, they meet again in a foreign country. Their old scores are still unsettled, and the heiress now wields immense power, yet all she asks is:
“How long are you planning to stay with me this time?”
[Hong Kong school days -> Reunion in the United States]
[Wealthy family / Reunion after a breakup / Mutual salvation / Happy ending]
Theme: Love means respecting each other's choices
