Lin Shuyue, a top-tier star, “adopted” a down-and-out loyal puppy, Shen Jingmo, at the height of her career.
He was a wealthy heir exiled by his family, doing odd jobs on a film set. Quiet and taciturn, he had eyes that lit up the entire backstage whenever he looked at her. She handed him a contract. “Come with me. I’ll make you a star.” Everyone laughed at her for keeping a pretty but useless pet, certain he would turn on her sooner or later.
But she wanted more than just his obedience. She taught him to act, brought him into the game, and personally lifted him from the dust to the clouds. She watched him grow from a green newcomer into a dazzling star, and saw how his eyes held a light meant for no one but her.
Then Shen Jingmo’s identity as the Shen family’s heir came to light, and his powerful tycoon of a father began exerting pressure with an iron fist. Only then did everyone realize that the one she had raised wasn’t a caged songbird, but a wolf quietly growing fangs. To protect her, he was willing to make an enemy of his entire family, tearing away his gentle facade to reveal the ruthless, formidable man beneath.
“You used to take care of me,” he said, wiping the blood from her lips, his gaze as stubborn as ever. “Now it’s my turn to take care of you. My queen, no one gets to touch your throne.”
This is a dangerous game that began as a project in “raising” him. The top-tier star stakes herself on his sincerity, and on the transformation he’ll undergo. As schemes, betrayal, and family feuds surge toward them like a tide, they go from protecting and being protected to facing the whole world together.
Look, this is the loyal puppy I raised.
And the king who crowned me.
