A double-edged battle of financial warfare and the hunt for love
Shen Xingluo will never forget the blizzard night of 2006. When a gang of thugs cornered her in a dark, damp alley, Lin Jianxia came charging through the air with a broken bottle in hand, the blood-stained watch on her wrist catching the light in a cold glint. That fearless figure who rescued her became an undying light in her heart.
Years later, the “big sister” next door has returned from abroad. She is now a hedge fund queen who can turn the stock market upside down. To get close to her, Shen Xingluo keeps staging scenes wherever Lin Jianxia passes: playing a timid, delicate flower who gets bullied without fighting back, pretending to be a lost newcomer on the trading floor, and weaving a web of calculated charm. What she doesn’t know is that Lin Jianxia has seen through every disguise from the start. From the coffee Shen Xingluo deliberately spills to the trading notes she “accidentally” reveals, Lin Jianxia has quietly allowed her every approach.
Until one day, Lin Jianxia tugs off her pearl hair ribbon. The scent of cedar mingles with her low laugh. “Had enough?” In this game played in the name of love, Shen Xingluo thought she was the one laying the trap, never realizing that from the moment they first met, they had already become each other’s prey, caught in the leverage of their feelings. In the whirlpool of their mutual attraction, they counted falling in love as the finest investment of their lives.
