So Close, Yet So Distant; Loving Deeply Is a Dilemma

At twenty-six, Xue Lihong has put all her grit into building a career at the top of her field. She becomes the apprentice and subordinate of industry elite Geng Ming'an. At thirty, Geng Ming'an wields power in the workplace and is used to controlling everything, yet this young woman from humble beginnings alone awakens an uncontrollable obsession and deep affection in him.

Their relationship is unbalanced from the very start: he is her high-ranking boss and mentor, accustomed to cloaking favoritism in authority and substituting control for tenderness; she is a cautious junior and a newcomer fighting to grow, clear-headed and rational, repeatedly torn between his control and his tenderness.

At work, the two stand shoulder to shoulder as mentor and apprentice, unstoppable as they join forces to overcome obstacles and win countless projects, making them the golden partnership others envy. In private, they are entangled in love and resentment: he hides his concern behind a hard exterior and presses her at every turn, while she holds back and retreats step by step. Though they deeply love each other, they cannot embrace with honesty. As workplace rivalries intensify, family conflicts erupt, and misunderstandings from the past are gradually revealed, the two grow through the most real trials of love, caught between betrayal and forgiveness, loss and cherishing what they have. In the end, they let go of their stubbornness and restraint, finding a mature, measured, and lasting love in which they move toward each other as equals, and discovering a balanced relationship and life.