Great Love in Splendor

The first time Li Nian ran away from the Xia family was on a stormy night.

She wandered aimlessly through the streets and met Pei Chengrui, who was just as lost and homeless as she was.

The man stubbed out the glowing tip of his cigarette and invited the lightly dressed young girl into his car to warm up. With the little money he had left, he bought her a bracelet of magnolia beads to cheer her up and carefully planned a "runaway route" for them.

But early the next morning, he took the expectant Li Nian back to the Xia family and told his best friend, Xia Kainuo, "Keep a close eye on your little girlfriend."

Li Nian threw away the wilted magnolias, and with them the ardent, long-buried longing she had for the young master of the Pei family.

The second time Li Nian ran away from the Xia family was also on a stormy night.

She walked out of the Xia residence without looking back, displeasing the guests who had come to Xia Kainuo's birthday banquet. In full view of everyone, Pei Chengrui stood up and ran after her. "I'll bring her back."

When the two of them failed to return, people called out to them all along the nearby streets.

In a cramped alley, Pei Chengrui finally let go of the girl in his arms, her lips swollen and red. "Get in the car."

Li Nian's voice was barely audible. "Are you going to take me back to the Xia family again?"

Afraid of making things difficult for him, she decided to go back on her own.

As the light and shadows shifted, the man's lean wrist suddenly tightened, pulling Li Nian back against him. His face was no longer calm and composed as it had been before. "...Never again."

Xia Kainuo regretted it.

He found out where Li Nian was living and showed up with a bouquet of roses, only to discover that the person who opened the door was Pei Chengrui.

Seeing his friend leaning against the doorframe in a loosely worn bathrobe, Xia Kainuo asked in shock, "What are you doing here?"

Deliberately showing the mark still lingering on his collarbone, Pei Chengrui made his claim clear. "Obviously, I'm keeping a close eye on my little girlfriend."

She had never wanted much.

Just one all-consuming, grand love.

Sweet, gentle childhood sweetheart x cocky heir

*One-on-one, both pure. Male lead: Pei Chengrui.

*Best friends become rivals in love.

*The heroine lives with the second male lead, with no blood relation between them.

Theme: Love and growth.