Sunny, cheerful sunshine girl × gloomy, twisted older man with no morals who seduces her and goes mad
From the age of eighteen, Chen Yu'an and Zhou Le relied on each other for ten years. He raised her well.
Smart, beautiful, righteous, brave.
But perhaps he raised her too well, because she couldn't love him.
He shamelessly tempted and seduced her, then played weak and went mad when she learned the truth and ran away.
Chen Yu'an didn't know when those dirty thoughts began.
By the time he realized, he couldn't stop them.
When Zhou Le was five, her mother brought her into the Chen family. Chen Yu'an took on the role of both older brother and father in her life.
Apart from his handsome face, Chen's father was unreliable.
Her mother was busy all day, so Zhou Le went to school and worked with Chen Yu'an.
Later, her mother fell ill and died. Chen Yu'an took her to live in the county town. At eighteen, he repaired computers and resold phones to pay for her schooling and art lessons.
She loved him as a brother, as family.
She couldn't bear Chen Yu'an's feelings going beyond familial affection.
Even less could she bear the way he hurt himself without a second thought.
So in this silent tug-of-war, she was destined to be the one who gave in first.
They both knew that Chen Yu'an's greatest bargaining chip was himself.
Reader's Guide:
The male lead is six years older than the female lead. They are not related by blood, do not share a household registration, and have no romantic involvement before adulthood.
Theme: The many ways to live.
