Contract Partners

At first, Shen Shubai: Don’t get any ideas about me. Don’t fall in love with me. It won’t end well...

Later on, Shen Shubai: Honey, don’t leave me...

Shen Shubai (28) - Partner at an investment firm

· Outwardly: A cool-headed, efficient professional with difficulty expressing emotions, accustomed to handling everything rationally.

· Inwardly: Traumatized by his family of origin, he is afraid of forming genuine intimate relationships. He wasn’t always like this; he gradually returns to his old self later on.

· What he needs: A “contract partner” to deal with pressure from his family.

· Ji Yun (26) - Freelance illustrator

· Outwardly: Sociable, gentle, easygoing, and well-liked.

· Inwardly: Highly sensitive and empathetic, but prone to exhausting herself. She suffers from mild anxiety.

· What she needs: A high-paying “job” to cover her family’s medical bills.

· The nature of their relationship: A clash between reason and emotion, a contest between calculation and sincerity. They start with a “contract” in which each gets what they need, but as they help each other through their predicaments, they gradually become a ray of light in one another’s lives.

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