With nowhere else to turn, Song Wangshu signs a three-year marriage contract with Zhou Xu.
He wants a gentle woman he can easily control. She wants his connections and support.
Over the next three years, she rides his coattails, rising from obscurity to become an investment queen.
On the day the contract expires, she casually returns her wedding ring and hands him a signed divorce agreement.
But when she turns to leave, he holds her back with an iron grip. His usually composed voice is hoarse and breaking: “Don't go...”
He had fallen for her long ago, but in a game that began with scheming, he forgot to say “I love you” first.
As for her new life, his traces had already begun to fade from it, little by little, before either of them knew.
The most painful gamble isn't losing everything. It's winning it all, only to lose the meaning of it.
