It Began as a Transaction and Ended in Deep Love

Seven years ago, after getting drunk, she called out his brother's name. He stormed out and never looked back.

Seven years later, when they met again, he walked past her with his fiancée on his arm, his gaze as cold as if she were a stranger.

Zhu Shiqing thought it was all behind them.

Until he handed her a marriage contract and locked her into the role of Mrs. Wen. On the first day of their marriage, she pushed open the office door and found her nominal husband, her real boss, sitting in the head seat.

She thought this marriage was just a matter of mutual convenience, and that she could leave after having their child. The day before their baby's hundred-day celebration, she really did pack her bags. He stood in the doorway holding their daughter, his eyes red-rimmed. "Don't go. Please?"

But she didn't look back.

Three years later, she had a new suitor.

The man appeared once more, carrying a little girl as lovely as a painted doll. The moment he spoke, his voice caught with tears. "Mommy, don't you want me and Daddy anymore?"

This was their twelfth year together, and he had never once considered letting her go.