Embrace You Through the Ashes

Jiang Wu's father disappeared over money he owed, and debt collectors came after her. She met Jiang Yan, a quiet man who was always carrying injuries, and he took her in and looked after her. Jiang Yan was Lu Xiao, a police officer working undercover under a false name inside a gang in a border town. The two of them grew close. She could never read what was behind his eyes. At a decisive point in the operation he left without saying goodbye. He left money and a letter telling her to forget him. Four years later she is a reporter at the North City television station. He was discharged over his injuries and runs a guesthouse named after her. She arrives with a list of interview questions and he tells her his name is Lu Xiao.