The CEO's Contract Bride

At thirty-two, Gu Tingchen is the business world’s king, at the helm of Gu International. Cold-blooded and taciturn, with obsessive cleanliness ingrained in his bones, he has kept women at arm’s length for years. Outsiders even joke that he is “sexually frigid,” and no one dares get close to him.

Twenty-eight-year-old Su Niannian is a former discarded wife of a wealthy family. She left her marriage with nothing and struggled to get by at the bottom of society, raising her five-year-old daughter, Xiao Nuomi, alone. Sharp-tongued, observant, witty, and strong-willed, she only wants to protect her daughter and give her a peaceful life.

An unexpected deal and a contract bring her and Xiao Nuomi into his cold, desire-free world.

She thinks they will simply each get what they want and treat each other with icy respect. But then the clever, mischievous child prodigy Xiao Nuomi starts doing everything she can to bring her parents together.

Even more surprising, Mr. Gu, who has always hated being touched, gradually becomes addicted to her. He breaks his rules about cleanliness for her, and his coldness melts away.

When the contract expires, Su Niannian prepares to leave with her daughter in high spirits, but the man blocks her in the entryway, his voice low and dangerous:

“The contract is void. My wife stays, my daughter is mine, and so are you.”