Rugged bad boy + Retired special forces soldier + 13-year age gap + Off-the-charts chemistry + Sweet everyday romance + Forbidden-love tension
On the day Lu Miao broke up with her boyfriend, a male tenant moved into her home.
He was tall and burly, wearing a sweat-soaked black tank top, his arm muscles taut as he carried her all the way up to the twentieth floor without stopping.
"Your uncle entrusted you to me. From now on, you're under my care."
When the pipes in Lu Miao's home broke, he fixed them.
When Lu Miao got her sheets dirty, he washed them.
When some thugs harassed Lu Miao, he clenched a cigarette between his lips and drove them to the end of the alley with an iron rod. "You dare lay a finger on my woman?"
They said Commander Fu of the Special Operations Brigade was cold, ruthless, and decisive, with the blood of countless people on his hands.
One day, Lu Miao got drunk and confessed to him. "Want to give us a try?"
The veins on the back of his hand bulged as he fought to restrain himself. "Are you sure?"
The young woman nodded shyly.
That night, he slammed the door and left without touching so much as a thread of her clothing.
He came back at dawn the next day and slipped a string of small-leaf red sandalwood beads around her slender ankle.
"I've killed too many people. If you stay with me, you'll be cursed with bad luck."
"Wear this. It'll keep you safe."
Only later did she learn that he had knelt at Lingshan Temple to pray for the beads to protect her.
[I've spent half my life fighting to protect my country and its people. For the rest of my days, I'll shield you from every storm.]
