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Sung-min arrived in Seoul with nothing but a heavy Daegu accent, empty pockets, and a desperate dream. Instead of opportunity, the glittering capital met him with cold elitism, relentless financial struggles, and the crushing pressure to erase his small-town identity just to survive. Min-ju was born into the heart of Seoul's high society, trapped inside a gilded cage. Suffocating under the weight of toxic family expectations and a rigid future she never wanted, she was fighting an invisible, lonely war against a world that demanded absolute perfection.When the proud outsider and the suffocating city native collide at their lowest points, they find the one thing Seoul couldn't buy: each other.Together, they break every rule. They reject the hyper-materialistic, status-obsessed norms of modern society. They choose a raw, minimalist life built on mutual survival, healing each other's deepest wounds and proving that love doesn't care about class, pedigree, or accents. But Seoul doesn't let go easily .As cruel family ultimatums and financial ruin push them to the brink, the very society they defied tears them apart. Forced into a devastating separation, they must face their darkest demons completely alone. Can a bond forged in the shadows of Seoul survive years of silence?
Or will the pressure of the world finally break them?