Seven Years of Toxic Friendship, a Misfire, and the Crown Prince Surrenders to the Whole Capital's Elite

Broken Engagement, Revenge, Flirting, Secret Crush, Contract Marriage, Workplace and Business Warfare, One-on-One Romance

At her engagement banquet, Wen Ying catches her fiance cheating with her stepsister.

She records them on the spot, announces that the engagement is off, and calculates the thirty-million-yuan penalty down to the last cent.

But as soon as she leaves the banquet hall, her longtime friend Zhou Jingze, whom she has known for seven years, stops her and ushers her into his luxury car.

The man wipes lipstick from her lips and murmurs in a husky voice, "Kissing that loser? Why not give me a try instead?"

Wen Ying thinks he's just being his usual obnoxious self and names her price outright. "Mr. Zhou, how much for your silence?"

Instead, he slides a fifty-million-yuan investment agreement in front of her.

"Live with me for three months and be my personal antiques consultant."

To reclaim Yun Xiang Pavilion, which her mother left her, Wen Ying signs the contract and moves into his penthouse.

From then on, staged kisses, drunken dependence, and every boundary between friends are gradually shattered by him.

When her ex begs her to take him back, Zhou Jingze finally pins her in place, eyes red. "I've pretended to be your friend for seven years, Wen Ying. How much longer do you expect me to hold back?"

And why is the jade thumb ring her mother left behind on the night of her car accident engraved with Wen Ying's childhood nickname...

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.