A revenge plot born of calculation uncovers a bloody truth buried for twenty years.
“Scheming” is my nature. I’m Cheng Weiyi, and I’ve planned every step to unravel the mystery of my sister’s brutal death and drag my enemy, He Zhengguo, into hell.
“Domineering” is his nature. He Yucheng is cold and forceful, the man at the helm of the He empire, and the most dangerous obstacle on my path to revenge... as well as the most unexpected wildcard.
I carefully weave a trap, hoping to use him to get close to the heart of things. He sees through everything, yet keeps me locked in a cage called “protection.” We clash, test each other, and circle one another, while hatred and an inexplicable pull take root at the edge of danger.
Just as the blade of revenge is about to pierce my enemy’s heart, a yellowed adoption certificate and a basement filled with twenty years of silent devotion shatter everything I thought I knew. My sister was the He family’s adopted daughter, and He Yucheng and I had been bound together since the lost memories of our childhood. He Zhengguo’s crimes go far beyond family power struggles: they involve treason!
From avengers to protectors, from pawns to partners. When cold gun barrels are aimed at each other’s deepest vulnerabilities, and the fangs of the overseas “Viper” tear through the night, he and I, once enemies who wielded “scheming” and “domination” as blades, have no choice but to drop every disguise and risk our lives to protect the family we have found again, along with a deadly secret capable of bringing the nation to its knees.
“Cheng Weiyi, this time, let me protect you.”
“He Yucheng, you’ll repay what you owe me with your life!”
This is a desperate struggle for survival amid a whirlpool of conspiracies, bloody memories, and national security, where the ending is
