She is Shen Yan, also known as Shen Qinghe, a financial prodigy who once fell from grace. Branded with a tainted reputation and buried in debt, she signs a devil's contract in desperation to save her ailing father.
He is Lu Chenzhou, a cold-blooded, ascetic titan of capital. Wielding power and hiding old wounds, he returns to China to lay the groundwork for revenge and conquest.
A marriage contract binds together two people from entirely different worlds. By day, she is his “special adviser,” facing tigers in the smoke-filled battlefield of mergers and acquisitions, her sharp edges on full display. By night, she is his “contract wife,” playing the loving spouse in a cold, luxurious cage as undercurrents stir beneath the surface.
He gives her resources and protection, teaches her strategy and ruthlessness, and regards her as the sharpest blade in his hand.
With intelligence and perseverance, she carefully advances through the game he has set, seeking only to clear her name and rise from the ashes.
As conspiracies mount and danger closes in at every turn, the truth behind their fathers' deaths and sealed Swiss bank files emerge together. They discover that their fates have long been bound tight in the same dark web. Deadly temptation walks hand in hand with cold calculation, while the flames of revenge burn alongside secret feelings.
From contract spouses using each other, to allies fighting side by side, to lovers bound by their very souls, they must dance together in a bloodthirsty jungle of capital, break through the lies to uncover the truth, and use their intelligence and courage to crush every enemy and reclaim all that belongs to them!
