Shen Nanqiao has spent twenty-two years mastering the art of never competing for anything.
So when her stepmother asks her to marry into the Fu family in place of her older sister, who has eloped, she agrees. The head of the Fu family, Fu Beichen, is rumored to be cold-blooded and ruthless. After a car accident left both his legs disabled, his temperament became even more sinister and unpredictable. No one has any faith in this substitute marriage.
On their wedding night, he appears in a wheelchair and tosses her a contract: a three-year arrangement, each getting what they need, then they part ways. She obediently signs, hoping to spend those three years in peace.
But she never expected the man rumored to have no interest in women to blush when she wipes him down; to quietly tuck her in when she kicks off the covers in the middle of the night; or, when her stepmother bullies her, to lose control in front of everyone for the first time: “Shen Nanqiao is my lawfully wedded wife. Who dares lay a hand on her?”
What she least expected was that only six months into their three-year contract, he would tear it to pieces with red-rimmed eyes and corner her against the wall. “Shen Nanqiao, I've lost control. Ever since the first night you walked into this room, you're the only one who can make me lose control.”
They agreed not to interfere in each other's lives, yet every night he pulls her into his arms and kisses her until the world fades away.
Just as she finally falls for him, the older sister who eloped returns...
On the night of their substitute wedding, he said they would each get what they needed.
Later, every night, he holds her close and murmurs hoarsely, “The contract is void. I want you, every single night.”
