[Long-planned scheme / the second male lead takes the top spot: a legitimate partner's status, a mistress's composure, and the manners of a courtesan.]
The aloof goddess who set Haicheng abuzz and the proud, charismatic older man.
Overnight, Xie Jingzhi, heir to the Xie family, fell from the clouds into the mire. His mother was brutally murdered, his father and uncle framed him, and he was forced to flee to Continent L.
From an unknown fighter in underground rings to a business tycoon who inherited his biological father's estate and took charge of the Xuanming Group, he spent five years in hiding, waiting to return.
Shen Zhiwei waited for him for five years, but mistook someone else for him.
She mistook the impostor Xie Yanci for the boy who had once risked his life to save her. She gave him all her love, only to be met with cruel mockery.
When Xie Jingzhi returned to Haicheng with overwhelming force, their reunion at Weiyu Bistro brought the bond of a half-jade pendant to light.
The board for his revenge was already set, and the smoke of the wealthy families' power struggle rose all around them as he carefully reclaimed everything, step by step.
And the love that began as a contract would ultimately bloom into redemption, tempered by blood and fire.
