I Refuse to Be a Live-In Son-in-Law: The Heiress Is Critically Ill

Three years ago, Gu Huai'an, the Gu family's adopted son, resolutely broke off his engagement to his childhood sweetheart, Shen Xingruo, the eldest daughter of the Shen family. He left her with only one explanation: “We’re not from the same world.” Then he went far away and became a rising star in the medical world.

Three years later, Shen Xingruo showed up at his door with a critical-condition notice and a contract.

The girl who once carried herself like a proud peacock now seemed lower than dust. Kneeling before him, her eyes rimmed red, she pleaded, “Gu Huai'an, I have a strange illness. I can only stay alive if I’m near you… Please, be my medicine.”

Only then did Gu Huai'an learn that his inborn ability to sense and absorb other people’s pain was the only painkiller Shen Xingruo could rely on.

What he thought was an escape had pushed her into the abyss.

“We can sign the contract,” he said, helping her up, his expression unreadable. “But this time, I set the rules.”

A coercive romance disguised as “treatment,” a fated entanglement years in the making. This time, he would uncover every mystery with his own hands and draw his star back into his arms.