Shen Xingyao’s life fell apart when she was twenty-four.
Her family’s century-old jewelry brand, Shaohua, was on the brink of bankruptcy, and the Lu family, her intended marriage alliance, abruptly called off the engagement overnight.
Just as she thought she was about to fall into an abyss, Gu Yanzhou, the legendary investor renowned in the business world, handed her a cold prenuptial agreement.
“An investment of one billion yuan in exchange for three years of marriage.”
His expression was distant, as if they were discussing the most ordinary business deal.
Shen Xingyao signed, thinking this was merely a contract for mutual benefit.
After they married, he gave her the most dignified protection, and kept the greatest distance from her.
She wore the necklace he gave her and accompanied him to banquets, playing the loving wife in front of everyone.
Yet late at night, she faced the silence of their separate bedrooms alone.
She had no idea...
In the safe in his study lay the cheap hair clip she had lost when she was sixteen.
His phone held an encrypted album filled with candid side profiles of her, captured over the years.
This “coincidental” marriage was the one chance he had waited ten years for, carefully arranging every step along the way.
