[Two powerful leads + devoted guard dog + healing + business warfare] Her name is Xia Zhi, a “cleaner” in the digital world, yet she is trapped in a triple quagmire of her own. She needs a blade, a sharp edge capable of cutting through threats both virtual and real. He can cripple a multinational bank’s systems in three minutes, yet he cannot put a single clean dollar into his father’s medical account. Top hacker Gu Yu is trapped at the bottom of life by two real-world shackles: his dying father’s vow to “die rather than take dirty money,” and an identity flagged around the globe, one that will bring hunters after him the moment he makes a move.
“One million for ten years of your life.” From then on, he is the sharpest tool in her hands, and her silent shadow. Amid constant danger, he builds a firewall around her, shielding her from attacks both open and covert. He sticks to the terms of his employment, yet becomes the only person who sees the countless wounds beneath her polished armor. Their master-servant boundaries blur as they face life and death together, while unspoken feelings surge beneath their restraint. This cold arrangement, born of precise calculations, quietly changes amid the smoke of battles fought side by side. When the ten-year chain is finally about to break, she personally sends him toward a bright future, believing their story has ended. But she does not know he will turn the gun around and say, “Miss, the rules of the game have changed. This time, I’m buying the rest of your life.”
The writing is delicate, the story has ups and downs, and it's beautiful!