[A fake innocent heroine who wants resources, not a domineering CEO!]
[CEO romance + emotional push and pull + proactive fake girlfriend!]
When they first met, Gu Shen dragged a fingernail across her face and said he would peel off the skin that looked just like his first love’s.
But she wasn’t afraid. She faced him head-on, seeming delicate while quietly plotting every step and playing on people’s hearts.
At a banquet, she confessed her feelings. He said he felt nothing for her. Then, when she was in danger, he rushed to her side like a madman and finally saw what was in his own heart.
When he became embroiled in a power struggle, she risked her life to save him. He mistakenly believed she loved him so much she would die for him.
On the eve of their engagement, her mother passed away, and she laid everything bare: “Gu Shen, I don’t love you at all. You were just a means to keep my mother alive. I don’t need you anymore.”
Don’t love him? Don’t need him?
Gu Shen’s expression stayed calm, but his voice grew harsher. “Then create a situation where she needs me! I don’t care whether she loves me or not. Just make sure she comes back obediently.”
On her birthday, the predicament he created drove her to her death.
For the next five years, he went to see a therapist every week, repeating the same words: “Lin Zhilin, I hate you!”
As if answering the words she had said countless times before: “I love you, Gu Shen.”
When they met again, he said he hated her, yet held her tight and refused to let go.
After all that hate, what he really hated was simply that she hadn’t loved him enough.
Content warning: The setting is partly fictional, and some details don’t match reality. For example, autism cannot currently be cured through surgery.
