Down-on-her-luck perfumer Shen Chuxia storms an auction with a bloodstained jade thumb ring to save her ailing mother. There she signs a contract marriage with Lu Chenyuan, the CEO of the Lu Group, whose prayer beads are wound around his wrist.
One agreement makes her a pawn in the power struggles of a wealthy family, while he becomes the gravedigger of a blood-soaked past.
An inhibitor is hidden among the agarwood prayer beads. A fatal poison drips from the starry wristwatch. A fishing rod made of Xiangfei bamboo uncovers the shocking secret of an experiment involving twin drug subjects from twenty years ago.
She blends fragrances to cure his hereditary blood disorder, while he seals the deadly scars on her body with a kiss. Together, they become trapped in a deadly plot woven from vetiver.
When the agarwood box her mother’s letter led her to is opened, the CD-19 key reveals a cruel truth:
The so-called cancer cure is actually a poison that awakens memories, and her supposed savior is the fated other half whose constitution complements hers.
In this high-stakes gamble where love is the bait,
prayer beads entwine with thorns, and lies and true feelings eat away at the soul.
Who, in the agarwood of fate, is the medicinal guide that can break the curse and bring rebirth?
