(Old-school contract romance + groveling pursuit + written on a whim + mutual scheming + both pure, happy ending)
To save a loved one, she signs a one-year contract selling herself and becomes the contract wife of business tycoon Zhan Jinye.
Cold and obsessive, he sees her as a caged bird. “You're just a tool I bought to deal with an arranged marriage. Don't covet what isn't yours.”
She thinks it's just a cold transaction, but the tycoon's persona gradually falls apart. By day, he's the ruthless, cold-faced king of the business world. By night, he secretly logs into Weibo as a verified fan club leader, getting the whole company to obsess over the couple pairing of him and his wife.
When she leaves behind a signed divorce agreement and vanishes without a word, Zhan Jinye goes completely mad. He turns the whole capital upside down searching for her. “Jiang Xueyin, even if you hide in hell, I'll drag you back!”
Years later, she makes a dazzling appearance at an international jewelry exhibition. Now a top designer commanding the fashion world, she has a little boy who looks just like him by her side.
Red-eyed, Zhan Jinye pins her to the bed. “You stole my heart and my child, and you still want to run?”
She lightly presses her pen against his chest, smiling sweetly. “President Zhan, the contract expired long ago. Please behave yourself.”
At a press conference, with camera flashes going wild, Zhan Jinye holds up the transfer deed for shares in his global business empire and raises a diamond ring above his brow.
“Jiang Xueyin, my business empire is your canvas, and the rest of my life is yours to imprison…”
His Adam's apple bobs as he bows before the cameras of the whole world. “Please, sentence me to life in prison!”
