An intense push and pull as hunter and prey switch places: the empire’s ruler, who controls the lifeblood of the global economy, thinks he has caught a gentle, innocent songbird. He has no idea she is a top strategic analyst capable of turning his world upside down. It is a high-stakes game that begins with schemes and conquest, and ends in surrender and redemption.
Main Characters:
· Male Lead: Xie Nanjing (35)
· Public Persona: Head of the Xie multinational conglomerate, controlling several key arteries of the global economy. Cold and authoritarian, with a powerful need for control and a fierce sense of territory. He rules with an iron fist.
· Inner Self: Childhood trauma has left him emotionally numb, and he believes that “possession means security.” He suffers from severe insomnia and can only sleep when he hears a gentle voice at a particular frequency, later revealed to be the heroine murmuring her analysis without realizing it...
· Female Lead: Jing Zhiyi (24)
· Public Persona: A new finance intern at the Xie Group, pure and gentle, occasionally clumsy, and only vaguely familiar with finance. After she “accidentally” discovers Li Jingshen’s secret, he claims her as his own by force...
· Inner Self: A top strategic analyst codenamed “Athena,” gifted with a genius-level ability to see both the big picture and the tiniest operational details. She has assumed a false identity and infiltrated the company to investigate the truth behind her sister’s “accidental” death within the Xie Group and obtain crucial evidence of its crimes...
