1. From the shou's perspective
Yan Yuan was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, wealthy and radiant by nature. Yet, in his last life, he insisted on leaving his family fortune behind, relying solely on his own hands to carve out a future with his secret crush.
It wasn’t until the moment he died in a car accident orchestrated by a minor antagonist that Yan Yuan had an epiphany, wishing he could grab himself by the collar and ask why he ever insisted on playing the self-made, rags-to-riches persona.
“Mr. Yan, I heard you visited seventeen related companies to secure this project—”
“You misunderstood. It was acquiring seventeen related companies.”
“Our cash flow might not be enough.”
Yan Yuan: “I’ve already bought them.”
2. From the gong's perspective
Lu Wenli was born into a family of scientists, a Mary Sue-esque genius who could solve calculus at five.
Yet, he fell for a man who had nothing, built his fortune from scratch, and despised second-generation rich kids.
With no other choice, Lu Wenli—being the Mary Sue-esque genius he was—had to conceal his identity and became a humble technical director at the other’s company.
When the company faced a crisis:
Yan Yuan: “We need groundbreaking technology to turn this around.”
Lu Wenli: “I have 39 unused patents. Pick one?”
—So much for building from the ground up together.
*A sweet, satisfying romance with mutual pining
*1v1 HE