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Back Then, She Wasn’t Su Jian

share time: 2026-02-09 02:31:34

Su Jian, a cold-faced VP at an investment bank, unexpectedly reunites with Lin Shen—her first love who vanished ten years ago—during a project collaboration. He’s the boy who once hid with her in the old alley eating roasted sweet potatoes, calling her “Xiao Tang” and vowing to marry her. But when Lin Shen excitedly calls out “Xiao Tang,” Su Jian denies it coldly: “You’ve got the wrong person.” Until Lin Shen pulls out the red string bracelet he’s kept for a decade—the one Xiao Tang tied around his wrist back then, with a crumpled note inside the knot: “When I grow up, I won’t be afraid of the debt collectors anymore.” It turns out that Su Jian’s parents owed a huge debt back then; to not drag Lin Shen down, she was forced to change her name and move away. Now reunited, she’s afraid to reveal her past humiliation, even more afraid that Lin Shen will know: the “I like you too” she didn’t say back then has never expired…

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