“Stay with me for seven days, like a normal married couple. After that, I'll give you your freedom.”
Shen Xin'an pleaded, threatened, bribed, and tried every trick she could think of, all to get him to agree to seven days?
How could Gu Boyan possibly believe her?
If she wanted to play this pointless game, then he'd play along!
He assumed that after seven days, she'd demand another seven, then countless more. He was already preparing an endless stream of mockery for her.
But he waited and waited, only to learn that she was terminally ill, with no hope of recovery...
