★ Female lead loses her memory | Second male lead takes the place of the first | Stealing his friend's girl | Secretly coveting her | Male lead angst
● Stern, fatherly, aloof CEO x radiant little sweetheart
1/ Lu Yanchi loves Jiang Zhao.
When he first met Jiang Zhao, she was the younger daughter the Jiang family had just found after she'd been kidnapped and grown up among ordinary people. Her clothes were plain and worn, but her little face was as delicate as a doll's.
Even when his overly energetic younger brother pinched her pale cheek, she dared not show her anger. All she could do was look at him with large, damp eyes, timidly begging him for help.
Lu Yanchi's brow furrowed almost imperceptibly. Rarely speaking up, he scolded him:
"Jingfeng, let go."
2/
As they grew older, Lu Jingfeng and Jiang Zhao started dating.
Their young love was passionate and intense, and Lu Yanchi heard bits and pieces about it.
At a matchmaking event disguised as a family banquet, he happened to pass the corner of the banquet hall.
Suddenly, he heard his younger brother ask with a laugh:
"Zhaozhao, what do you think of my brother?"
"Brother Yanchi is great." Jiang Zhao hesitated, then said softly, "But as a boyfriend... he might be a little dull and boring."
Lu Yanchi smiled silently and stood there for a long while.
Only after the cool evening breeze had seeped through his shirt did he turn and walk away.
It was just an opinion, nothing to take to heart. That was what he told himself.
3/
Later, he heard that Jiang Zhao had discovered photos of Lu Jingfeng crossing the line overseas. Distracted and shaken, she had been in a car accident.
He hurriedly pushed open the hospital room door, arriving at her bedside with the chill of the outdoors still clinging to him.
He never expected Jiang Zhao to seem as if she had been waiting for him for a long time. Tears streamed down her pale face, her watery eyes filled with both hurt and affection as she asked him, "What took you so long?"
Before Lu Yanchi could answer, Jiang Zhao suddenly gripped his fingers, her dependence on him and certainty at having survived the ordeal unmistakable. "Let's get married, okay?"
Lu Yanchi's tall frame abruptly froze. His throat tightened, and it took him a long time to find his voice. "Okay."
Later, the doctor told Lu Yanchi that Jiang Zhao had lost her memory. She had mistaken him for someone else.
4/ [Jiang Zhao's perspective]
By the time Lu Jingfeng finally returned from abroad, traveling through wind and rain, day and night, to beg Jiang Zhao to take him back,
Jiang Zhao was lounging on the sofa, snacking and watching an American TV show when she got a call. "What? You say you're my fiance?"
Still stunned, she glanced at the tall, handsome man holding her feet in his lap and stammered, "But... I already have a husband."
[Synopsis updated 10/11. I couldn't find inspiration for the previous premise, so I had to change it. Sorry, everyone, orz. There'll be red envelopes for everyone when the story starts!]
Theme: Be steadfast in expressing your love
