The Su family’s fortunes collapse overnight. Her father dies, and her younger brother is clinging to life. Su Wanqing, once a radiant heiress and piano prodigy, is reduced to fighting for survival with nowhere to turn. Just as she reaches the end of her rope, Mo Jinyan arrives with a cold-blooded contract. The ruthless tycoon who holds life and death power in the business world is known as the “Cold-Faced Yama.” “Be my captive pet for three years. I’ll save your brother and clear the Su family’s debts.” Old family grudges simmer in his eyes as he locks her in a gilded cage and torments her in every way, all to avenge the supposed “betrayal” of the past.
Beneath the contract lies his obsessive, possessive desire and her quiet, resilient defiance. When others make things difficult for her, he instinctively takes her side, only to hurt her with his words moments later. He flies into a rage when she gets close to Gu Yanchen, her childhood friend, yet depends on the sound of her piano to fall asleep at night. In the depths of despair, she searches for the truth behind her family’s bankruptcy. She tries to escape again and again, only to be caught and dragged back. The contract’s shackles grow heavier, but feelings quietly take root amid their struggle between love and hate.
The schemes of a hypocritical heiress, the relentless pressure of a mastermind lurking behind the scenes, and a stunning reversal in the family feud plunge them into an even deeper maelstrom. When the truth comes to light and the mask of hatred shatters, he realizes that this imprisonment, which began as revenge, has already left him hopelessly ensnared. Only after taking the heartbreak to its utmost can sweetness emerge. From a forced contract to sharing life and death, from a long road to winning back her love to a second chance at romance, Mo Jinyan and Su Wanqing forge a soul-deep bond amid the power struggles and schemes of the wealthy.
