Chapter 1 — Two Different Worlds
Morning light slowly slipped through the thin curtains of a quiet bedroom.
Golden sunlight spread across the wooden floor before climbing gently onto the bed, where it finally reached the sleeping girl resting beneath the blanket.
Shu Yi stirred slightly.
Her long eyelashes trembled before her eyes slowly opened. For a moment she simply lay there, letting the warmth of the sunlight brush against her skin.
Anyone who saw her at that moment would have paused in surprise.
Shu Yi possessed a beauty that felt almost unreal. Her pale skin glowed softly in the morning light, and her long dark hair flowed across the pillow like silk. Her delicate features were so refined that she seemed less like an ordinary girl and more like something out of a story.
Like a fairy.
Or perhaps a goddess who had wandered into the human world.
But Shu Yi herself paid no attention to it.
She quietly pushed the blanket aside and sat up.
Her room was small, yet everything inside it was perfectly organized. Books were stacked neatly across the desk, filled with pages of careful notes and complex formulas. Several small mechanical parts rested beside them, arranged in the shape of an unfinished model.
Shu Yi glanced at it briefly before standing.
Just as she was about to leave the room—
“Shu Yi!”
The sharp voice from downstairs broke the peaceful silence.
Shu Yi sighed softly.
“I’m coming, Mother,” she replied.
The dining room downstairs carried a very different atmosphere.
Jiang Lin sat beside their mother, casually scrolling through her phone while eating fruit.
When Shu Yi entered, both of them looked up.
“Well,” her mother said coldly, “you finally decided to appear.”
Shu Yi quietly pulled out a chair.
“I woke up as soon as you called.”
Jiang Lin smirked.
“She was probably hiding in her room again,” she said lazily. “Surrounded by those strange books.”
Their mother frowned.
“You’re always locked away in that room,” she said sharply. “Acting like you’re better than everyone else.”
Shu Yi lowered her gaze slightly.
“I wasn’t trying to—”
“You never try,” her mother interrupted coldly.
Jiang Lin leaned back in her chair, watching Shu Yi with narrowed eyes.
“Maybe she thinks she’s some kind of genius,” she said with a small laugh.
Their mother scoffed.
“Your sister at least knows how to behave properly,” she said. “Unlike you.”
Shu Yi said nothing.
She simply picked up her chopsticks and began eating quietly.
Across the table, Jiang Lin kept watching her.
For some reason she had never been able to explain, Shu Yi’s calm expression always irritated her.
No matter what they said, Shu Yi rarely reacted.
And somehow, that silence made Jiang Lin feel strangely uneasy.
Far across the city,
inside a towering glass building that seemed to touch the clouds, the atmosphere was completely different.
The entire office floor had fallen silent.
Employees quickly returned to their desks as the elevator doors opened.
A tall young man stepped out.
Shi Yang.
His presence alone made the air feel colder.
Tall, handsome, and perfectly composed, Shi Yang walked through the office with calm confidence. His sharp eyes moved across the room, missing nothing.
Behind him, whispers began.
“President Shi just arrived…”
“He’s even more handsome in person…”
“Quiet! What if he hears you?”
Before anyone could say another word, Shi Yang suddenly stopped.
Without turning around, he spoke calmly.
“Third row.”
The office froze.
“The second and third employees,” he continued coldly.
“Come to my office.”
The two employees immediately stood up in panic.
Moments later, the office door closed behind him.
The entire floor released a quiet breath.
Everyone in the company knew one thing.
Shi Yang never tolerated mistakes.
Meanwhile, miles away, Shu Yi quietly washed the breakfast dishes while laughter echoed from the living room.
Water ran over her hands as she stared silently into the sink.
Outside, the city was already alive.
Cars filled the streets.
People hurried toward their destinations.
Under the same sky, countless lives moved forward.
Among them were two people living in completely different worlds.
One lived in a small house filled with cold words.
The other stood at the top of a tower that ruled the city.
Two separate lives.
Two separate destinies.
Neither of them knew it yet.
But somewhere in the vast city…
their paths were slowly moving toward the same point.
And when those two worlds finally collided—
nothing would ever be the same again.
