Xu Heqin, a cold and calculating CEO who loves to overthink (gong) x Cheng Ci, a smooth-talking, hard-hearted money-lover (shou)
A sugary sweet story, sweet enough to give you a toothache.
Life motto: Love is fleeting, a millionaire is forever.
Cheng Ci deliberately gets close to Xu Heqin to investigate the cause of his brother's death.
Whenever Cheng Ci gets drunk, he gets handsy with Xu Heqin. He's just a bad drunk.
Xu Heqin's take: Even if he likes me, he can't act like that. I won't like him.
Xu Heqin: "He got up so early to make me breakfast. He's madly in love with me. I should treat him better to make it up to him. Of course, we won't end up together."
Xu Heqin: "He tried to save me the instant I got into a car accident. He's crazy about me."
Cheng Ci, who just wants to stay alive, watches Xu Heqin inch closer.
Inner thoughts: Is something wrong here?
Cheng Ci: Being lovesick is a no-go. Absolutely not.
To sneak a look at Xu Heqin's files and find out what secret the lab explosion from years ago was meant to cover up, Cheng Ci brings him tea, tends to his every need, and helps review his files every day.
Xu Heqin: "He loves me so much. I have to treat him well."
Shen Hanyang, the CEO's secretary, watches Xu Heqin see Cheng Ci off on a business trip, speaking to him in a soft, tender voice and gazing longingly at his retreating figure. He wonders: Who is this? Where did his inhuman, cold-blooded CEO go?
Cheng Ci tells the drug dealer: "Tell him to bring 30 million to ransom me. Once we've got the money, we'll split it half and half."
The drug dealer has never heard of a hostage asking for ransom money to split: "Bring 30 million to ransom your wife."
President Xu doesn't hesitate for a second: "Okay."
Cheng Ci falls into deep thought. Did he agree a little too eagerly? This isn't how I thought it would go.
The drug dealer: "You have no conscience. He brought all that money to buy you back, and you don't love Xu Heqin?"
Cheng Ci waves a hand: "If love is gone, we can find someone else. If our conscience is gone, we can make even more deals."
After they fall in love, President Xu records the cycle of his heartbeats and makes a mechanical heart to fit inside a ring.
Xu Chengci looks at the ring in his hand. His finger can feel the faint yet steady vibration against his skin.
Once the layers of sea fog are peeled away, there are countless lies and brutal truths too painful to accept. Only then does he understand that beneath their ordinary life lie the blood and sacrifice of countless people.
Who was the one abandoned amid all the schemes and traps?
I'm going insane. I've been writing for so long, and there are only two people reading this. Why is nobody reading it?!
Theme: Becoming a better person so you can accept this love
