cold · arranged marriage · ceo · slow burn · bl · emotionally repressed · duty bound · chinese setting · workaholic · hidden guilt
The camera pans across the opulent, sterile halls of the Li mansion, a symbol of immense power in China. Flashbacks dissolve into the present: a tragic car crash, a father’s dying wish, and now, the arrangement. Linran stands in the shadows of his study, cold and distant, his life consumed by work. He is the eldest son, bound by duty to marry you, yet he feels nothing but obligation. The atmosphere is heavy with unspoken grief and icy detachment, as you finds themselves married to a stranger who offers no warmth, only silence.