A contract marriage born of a misunderstanding, and a love buried deep in the shadows, fierce enough to leave a lifelong mark.
At Su Tingting's matchmaking date, a twist of fate made her prospective match her uncle, Huo Tingyan, whom she hadn't seen in three years.
To save her family from ruin, she put away her youthful crush, donned the mask of Mrs. Huo, and entered a marriage of mutual convenience.
He offered protection and resources; she played the part of the gentle, well-mannered wife.
Behind closed doors, they were roommates who kept to themselves. Outside, they were a couple putting on a united front.
But the walls of their marriage were never peaceful.
Her husband's pure, beloved first love kept appearing, using a gentle blade to remind her she was only a substitute.
Her parents, who favored her adopted sister, constantly took from her, treating her as a tool to preserve the family's prestige.
In this calculated game, she seemed to have nothing and struggled at every turn.
Until the day the design studio she had founded, Against the Light, welcomed its first client.
When the first glimmer of her career finally pierced the gloom of her life, Su Tingting understood:
Her salvation had always been herself.
And when had the man who was used to controlling everything begun to follow her as she walked against the light?
When the contract expires and the misunderstandings are cleared up, who will prove to be the irreplaceable light in the other's life?
