Synopsis
What began as a calculated move to split up his brother's marriage left Qi Xiu Yuan haunted by Xiao Li's cold stare, the kind that gets under your skin and doesn't leave. After a few run-ins, they settled into calling it friendship—at least on the surface. But Qi Xiu Yuan knew better. It was deeper than that. Fiercer. For Xiao Li, raised in nothing but the underworld, these feelings are foreign territory. He's never had to reckon with something like this before. The distance between them—a gang member on one side, a teacher on the other—feels impossible to cross. So…
