[Long-planned scheme + coercive possession + marriage before love + secret identities exposed + both leads are devoted only to each other + romance and angst]
Xia Yimo is a third-rate, barely known actress who smiles sweetly in public but works hard to support her family in private, the entertainment industry’s most miserable debt-ridden heiress.
Shan Qi’an is the gentle, jade-like top-tier star and award-winning actor Gu Yanchen onscreen, but the ruthless, sinister head of the Shan family behind the scenes. No one knows he entered the entertainment industry under an assumed name only because she once said in an interview, “If I get married, I’d want it to be someone in the industry!”
While livestreaming the iconic moment her fiancé cheats on her, Xia Yimo accidentally gets into the wrong car as anti-fans and reporters surround her.
A big-budget audition, anonymous texts, “coincidental” encounters… Every one of them is his trap.
When her family pressures her, she says, “This is my boyfriend.”
He says, “More precisely, I’m her husband. We got our marriage certificate three months ago.”
The room falls silent. So Xia Yimo was the one who had been “cheating.”
Everyone knows the big shot behind actor Gu is a living devil! Did Xia Yimo sleep with the big shot’s man?!
That day, when she drank herself blackout, she didn’t sign a contract. She signed a marriage registration application!
She says, “We’re both adults. Let’s each get what we need and part on good terms.”
He looks aggrieved. “Yimo, are you saying you don’t want to take responsibility for me?”
Looking at Gu Yanchen, covered in bruises, she thinks, ‘If the big shot beat him up, he won’t hit me too, right?’
“Yimo, you can use me as much as you want, or even… sleep with me.”
When his double life is exposed…
The man drops to one knee. “Honey, can we make it public now?”
*He planned everything from the start; she was the one who fell in love after marriage.*
He has always been willing to bow to her.
