The palace's top shadow guard, Ying, was personally poisoned by the emperor he had protected all his life. When he opened his eyes again, he had become Shen Ying, a disgraced actress hated by the entire internet: buried in scandals, saddled with a high-pressure performance contract, and universally reviled. Her company abandoned her, her manager kicked her while she was down, and the whole internet waited to see her make a fool of herself. Her only job was a spot on the dating show Heartfelt Promise, where she was supposed to be a “controversial talking point.”
Fine. In her previous life, she protected an emperor. This time, she could just protect someone else.
Except... A female guest puts on a fake smile and acts friendly? She sees right through her at once: “Your smile doesn't reach your eyes.”
A “perfect heartthrob” pretends to be devoted? Three sentences from her are enough to shatter his carefully crafted image.
A prop rack suddenly topples? Everyone screams and runs, but she darts in to save someone without batting an eye.
The whole internet is stunned: Did this woman come to join a dating show or carry out a mission?!
But the most aloof and restrained investor can't seem to take his eyes off her.
He gets closer, tests her, protects her...
And she only frowns. “Don't get so close. I'm not used to it.”
Later, her rivals hire online trolls to attack her, set her up, and try to make sure she never recovers.
She does only one thing: just as she did on missions in the past, she tracks them all down, one by one.
At a live-streamed press conference, she lays out the evidence piece by piece and says coldly:
“My former master told me that a shadow guard only needs to carry out orders, not explain himself.”
“But now, I owe myself an explanation.”
On the day the internet turns from hating her to supporting her, the man finally can't hold back from asking:
“Did you get close to me only for the sake of working together?”
