Traces of Yesterday

Marriage first, love later; the ex’s regret; a rivalry between men | A sharp-tongued but secretly sincere CEO vs. a sweet beauty with a surprising side

Ji Ning, a Huashi author, worked through the night and died at her keyboard. When she opened her eyes, she had become the contract wife of Song Huaijin, the heir to a powerful family in the capital.

The original owner was a classic villainess: gentle on the surface, but secretly selling the male lead’s company secrets and flirting with his rival...

In the end, the male lead dismissed her with a check for thirty million, and she died along with her unborn child.

After reading through the plot, Ji Ning’s eyes lit up. She could see only three words: thirty million!

The story was already ninety-nine percent complete. That meant all she had to do was keep playing her part for one more month, and once time was up, she could take the money and leave!

So Ji Ning went out of her way to cause trouble, stepping on every land mine the original owner could, all while waiting for Song Huaijin to say, “Take the check and get lost.”

Then one day, Song Huaijin held up a sheet of paper and said, “Honey, I’m so bored. I really want to be...” He hesitated. “Ji Ning, so you’ve been secretly in love with me this whole time.”

How had her own draft ended up in his hands?!

The air fell silent for three seconds. Ji Ning died on the spot.

Later, a friend asked Song Huaijin how he had ended up turning their act into the real thing with a scheming woman like Ji Ning.

Song Huaijin answered with a perfectly straight face: “She put all that effort into me because she loves me. That’s what being special means. You single people wouldn’t understand.”

Friend: ...