Chu Huan was with Chen Yueqin for four years. Outsiders all said he’d kept a docile little songbird, but that wasn’t true. Chen Yueqin had never felt romantic love for her. Between them, there was only kindness and gratitude.
He kept a songbird not to possess her, but to teach her to strengthen her wings so she could fly higher one day.
Chen Yueqin was handsome and well-read, with a clear and noble air. He was the most sought-after unattainable man in Nancheng. At the darkest point in her life, he pulled her out of the abyss. Chu Huan couldn’t stop herself from falling into the gentle web this man had woven. But she knew that even if he was one hundred percent of her life, she could only ever be one percent of his.
She didn’t want to be just that one percent, so she walked away as soon as she graduated from university.
Two years later, after completing her advanced studies, she returned to China and landed a job at Nancheng’s largest venture capital firm thanks to her outstanding abilities.
One time, while having dinner with a client, she ran into Chen Yueqin at a gathering with his friends. Her heart, dormant for two years, began beating for him again.
After seeing her client off, she went to find Chen Yueqin. He was alone in the private room. He poured her a glass of wine and congratulated her on her bright future.
They talked about many things that night. Chu Huan drank one glass after another, and those drinks became the start of their entanglement.
“Chen Yueqin said a princess wasn’t right for me. He taught me to be my own queen. Later, I became his queen, and also his princess.”, Chu Huan
* Six-year age gap
* Second male lead gets a regret-and-redemption arc
Theme: Be your own queen
