At eighteen, Xia Shiyuan schemed against Fu Yanzhou to pay for her grandmother's surgery. In return, she became his mistress for four years, always at his beck and call.
Over those four years, she lost herself, body and soul, while the man in question was only playing around.
When she learned he was about to get engaged, she decided to end their secret relationship. She threw herself into her career and became the brightest rising star in the design world.
After her four uncles recognized her as family, they doted on her like a little princess. But that man's relentless pursuit never stopped.
He turned down the engagement for her and nearly destroyed the Fu family's century-old business, drawing endless scorn and abuse.
Her heart softened for a moment, and she took in the man whose career had hit rock bottom. Only then did she discover that he had merely been pretending to suffer, acting sweet and pitiful so she wouldn't leave him.
