She was his substitute and his mission target. To rack up enough abuse points, Lin Shuyue accepted every humiliation Jiang Yichen inflicted on her: donating a kidney, suffering a miscarriage, and losing all dignity. When the System announced [Mission complete], she took her fortune and faked her death, making a perfect exit.
Three years later, she returns as a queen of capital, while he has gone mad with regret. She acquires his empire and ignores his pleas on his knees, dismissing their past as “trivial matters not worth mentioning.”
In the end, he sinks into the hell of wanting what he can never have. Looking down on the world he inhabits, she smiles softly:
“President Jiang, thanks for the sponsorship. My journey leads to the stars and the sea.”
This is a lie disguised as love. She forged a throne from the wounds he gave her.