[Secret Crush x Reunion After Years Apart] (The secret crush hurts at first, but once they reunite, it's sweet.)
A somewhat laid-back, timid but clear-headed and independent woman x A man who seems gentle and courteous but is actually cold and unloving. Later, he falls madly for the heroine, becoming an intensely restrained, dangerously obsessive man.
Both leads have only ever been with each other.
Nan Qiao secretly loved Chu Zhengnan for ten years. Eight years after he left, she decided to let go of the past and free herself.
The year she resolved to move on, Chu Zhengnan reappeared in her life. By then, he was a powerful investor, while she was merely a screenwriter. The distance between them was still just as great. Her boss fawned over him shamelessly, like Run Tu addressing Lu Xun as "Master Lu." All she could do was call him "Mr. Chu."
But he called her by name. "Nan Qiao."
The first step to letting go of the past was to stop resisting and go along with her family's matchmaking plans. But he happened to catch her on a date.
Moonlight filtered through the tree shadows. She couldn't make out his face, but heard his voice, rough as if scraped raw. "Nan Qiao, what do you think of him?"
She needed to look ahead, too, so she lifted her gaze to the moon, feigning indifference. Just as she was about to speak, a strong hand seized her wrist. His thin lips pressed against her trembling ones, cutting off her startled cry.
"So sweet. Does he know?" the man murmured, his voice low and tinged with delight.
Only then did she see that Chu Zhengnan's usually cool, composed eyes were bloodshot...
Theme: You must be with the person you like very, very, very much.
Is anyone watching? (??ε??ˋ?) Loneliness