After graduating from college, Su Wanhe’s bright future was shattered by a diagnosis of end-stage kidney failure. With her elderly parents unable to help and her sister refusing to donate a kidney, she made a desperate bid for survival, posting a shocking offer in a patient support group: “Whoever is willing to donate a kidney after death, I’ll care for your parents until the end of their lives.” Her gamble caught the attention of Lu Chengyu, a top student from a prestigious university whose life had also been taken from him by leukemia. Bound by a marriage certificate, the two began a “marriage to keep each other alive,” born of a deal and supposedly free of love. Yet beneath their cold agreement, two broken souls found warmth in each other. He took her on walks and used his last reserves of strength to make her laugh; when his condition became critical, she kept watch by his side all night. When Lu Chengyu chose to stop treatment out of guilt, Su Wanhe tore up their agreement and dragged him back from the brink of death in the name of love. Their desperate exchange of life-saving promises ultimately blossomed into a miracle that transcended life and death, turning mutual benefit into shared survival and offering them both redemption.
Tags:
Characters: Resilient, emotionally wounded heroine vs. gentle, brilliant hero
Plot: Contract marriage, mutual redemption, tragic romance, urban love story
Era: Modern urban setting
Genre: Realism, romance
Audience: Female readers
