Wen Yuling married Pei Yanzhi to use his position as a lawyer to get close to an industry mogul who had tried to assault her three years ago, and exact the revenge she had waited too long to take.
Pei Yanzhi married Wen Yuling to make use of her expertise as an art appraiser and uncover the truth behind his father’s disappearance.
The two signed a contract, with every term laid out clearly:
Separate rooms, no interference, no romance. After one year, they would go their separate ways.
But later
When she was publicly humiliated at a banquet, he shielded her and said, “Anyone who slanders my wife will see me in court.”
When nightmares jolted her awake in the middle of the night, he waited outside her door with warm water. “Supplementary clause: allies are obligated to help each other through nightmares.”
When her family came to extort her, he tossed down legal papers. “Harass her again, and the prison will save you a spot.”
Wen Yuling thought it was all thanks to Pei Yanzhi’s impeccable “respect for the contract.”
Until her enemy kidnapped her younger brother. She calmly stalled for time while Pei Yanzhi laid a net to rescue him.
That night, after it was over, he pressed her against the car door and kissed her urgently and fiercely.
“Wen Yuling, the contract is void. I don’t want one year. I want a lifetime.”
Later, her enemy played a forged recording in court, trying to ruin her reputation.
Pei Yanzhi stood up and played a new recording instead
His own voice from that night, low and hoarse as he proposed:
“Marry me. Not because of a contract, but because I mean it.”
