[Both leads are each other’s only one | The aloof beauty falls from her pedestal | A volatile beauty and a brooding male ghost push each other to the limit]
She gets close to him to use him.
He indulges her because he sees right through her.
Everyone at school knows that the impoverished Jiang Li likes Shen Jianshan. They also know that after graduation, Shen Jianshan is supposed to get engaged to the Bai family’s daughter.
The betting is on: Cinderella or the real heiress, who will win?
Only Shen Jianshan knows the truth:
Jiang Li is no fragile Cinderella. She has antisocial personality disorder, has no heart, cannot love, and has ulterior motives for getting close to him.
Every chance encounter, every glance, every hint of flirtation is part of a carefully laid trap.
But he doesn’t call her out.
He plays along, waiting to see what other tricks she has up her sleeve.
Until graduation day, when he corners her against a wall:
“Use me. I’m willing to be your executioner.”
She blinks. “You knew I was acting?”
“I knew.”
“Then why did you still, ”
“Keep acting for me.” He cuts her off, his voice hoarse. “Keep it up. Don’t stop.”
Years later, she still keeps his ring close.
He never asks why.
He just bites down on the ring each time and falls into the abyss with her.
She says, “I don’t understand love.”
He says, “That’s fine. It’s enough that I understand you.”
* [An antisocial heroine × a clear-eyed hero who falls helplessly]*
* [She thinks she’s the one fishing, until she realizes she’s on the hook too]*
