Fu Chengyu, head of the top-tier Fu family in Beijing's elite circle, has a secret everyone knows: the woman he has loved for years, his unattainable dream, is my half-sister. And I am nothing but the substitute bride he hired for a fortune. For three years of marriage, he trampled on my self-respect, destroyed my dreams, and turned me into a shadow who could only imitate someone else. Then his beloved returned after her divorce, and he handed me divorce papers. "It's time for you to step aside." I smiled as I signed, hiding my late-stage cancer diagnosis. But Fu Chengyu chased me to the airport like a madman, his eyes red as he asked, "Why aren't you crying or making a scene this time?" Amid the roar of the departing plane, I said softly:
"Mr. Fu, our contract has expired. And it's time for me to die."
