Shen Zhiyao has always known she'd have to work twice as hard just to get half as far. With no family name to open doors and no siblings to lean on, she's learned to rely on herself. Quietly determined, fiercely capable, and often overlooked — she's spent years climbing the corporate ladder, one careful step at a time.
Lu Hanzhou, on the other hand, is a name that echoes through boardrooms. The youngest CEO in the industry, he built his company from the ground up with nothing but a sharp mind and a colder heart. He's used to being in control, used to being alone — and he prefers it that way.
They cross paths at a business seminar. She doesn't notice him, but he notices her.
And he remembers.
When Zhiyao is betrayed by those she trusted most, she walks away from her job — and everything she thought she'd built — to start over. It's terrifying. It's freeing. It's hers.
Hanzhou watches from the sidelines at first, curious. Then invested. Then something more.As she fights to build her own company from scratch, and he wrestles with emotions he thought he buried long ago, the lines between ambition and affection begin to blur.
They're two people chasing something — success, freedom, maybe even love — in a world where vulnerability is dangerous and trust is rare.
But sometimes, the most powerful connections are the ones we never saw coming.