No Excuse for Abuse: The CEO's Substitute Prisoner

[Substitute trope, first love, angsty romance, groveling pursuit, wealthy family feuds, mystery clues]

To save her younger sister, who has caused a terrible disaster, Su Wan tearfully confesses and becomes a captive kept by the ruthless CEO Fu Hanxiao, who wants revenge for his first love. A single court judgment drags her into the depths of hell. He hates her for being “cruel-hearted,” and uses every means to torment and humiliate her. He makes her dress like his first love and mocks her for being a poor imitation, yet when she is on the brink of death, he saves her with his own hands. His behavior is maddeningly erratic.

She once thought she only had to endure until the end to see the light, but then she accidentally glimpses a crack in the truth about the car accident. The sister she risked her life to protect turns out to be the real culprit, and has never regretted it! As her faith crumbles, the ultimate humiliation Fu Hanxiao inflicts becomes the last straw.

Years later, at an international jewelry exhibition, rising designer Su Wan shines brilliantly. Fu Hanxiao, eyes bloodshot, corners her. “Wanwan, come home with me.” She curls her red lips into a faint smile, her gaze cool and distant. “Mr. Fu, you must have mistaken me for someone else. Your captive died a long time ago.”

Only when the truth tears everything apart does Fu Hanxiao realize he hated the wrong person and cherished the wrong person. He crosses mountains and rivers and casts aside his dignity, all to beg for one glance from her. “I’ll give you my life in repayment. Is that enough?” She only laughs softly, tears up the judgment from all those years ago, and scatters the pieces before him. “Fu Hanxiao, I don’t need it anymore.”