Everyone in Beijing circles knew that Shen Zhaoning, the adopted daughter of the Shen family, was Fu Xizhou's plaything that he cherished but cruelly abandoned.
On the night of his engagement, she burned everything about him in his favorite Pagani. The firelight reflected her face, resolute and bright.
Fu Xizhou got the news and rushed into the fire scene like crazy, but only found a bloody ring that she had left behind.
Later, he begged her to turn back in a low voice, his voice hoarse: "Zhao Ning, you can take my life, but don't take me away."
Shen Zhaoning smiled, but his eyes were colder than the fire that night: "Mr. Fu, your life is too light. What I want is that you kneel down and watch me be crowned."
When she truly put on her own crown, and stood next to an upstart who was younger, crazier, and more doting on her than he was, Fu Xizhou finally tasted what it means to be beyond redemption.
