A Promise Across the Sea, Growing Suspicion

Xiao Fan, an overlooked member of the Xiao family with no official standing, left for a foreign country alone and built his own technology business from the ground up.

In the VIP lounge of a machinery factory, over a thirty-yuan Starbucks coffee, he made a promise to Shen Nuowei, a woman on the assembly line: he would take her across the ocean.

On one side was the silver ring on her finger, a gift from her old love, Wang Hao, and the dull factory life that stretched endlessly before her. On the other was a chance to escape the bottom rung of society. He promised to take her and her family abroad with him.

A sudden downpour blocked her way home and forced her to face a difficult choice.

But his heartfelt promise did not earn her complete trust. Questions about who owned the property back home turned into probing, interrogation, and suspicion after they arrived in the United States.

Beneath the surface, the business world churned with danger. Family ties and romantic love pulled them in opposite directions, while a heart full of devotion struggled to endure an endless tide of doubt.