Five years ago, Shen Tinglan was the pride of the Shen family in the capital. She had a fiance, shares left behind by her mother, and a future that should have been bright. But after an incident on her birthday, she was framed by the adopted daughter, Shen Mingzhu; abandoned by her father, Shen Guoan; and betrayed when Gu Shiyan personally signed a crucial document. In the end, she was sent to the White Tower under the pretext that she was "not fit to remain in the capital." Her name was erased from the Shen family, and everyone thought she would never return.
Five years later, at the engagement banquet of the Gu and Shen families in the capital, a woman in a black dress appeared with a white file box. She wasn't called Shen Tinglan. She was Lin Wanjin, an overseas fund investor. She didn't cry, claim her family, or rush to prove her innocence. She simply placed the first file in front of Shen Mingzhu and quietly reminded her: A stolen life doesn't become yours just because you've worn it for a long time.
From old photos of the engagement banquet to recordings from five years ago; from the books of a charitable foundation to documents signed by Gu Shiyan; from relics left by Shen's mother to the list of victims at the White Tower, Lin Wanjin opened the seven files page by page, dragging Shen Mingzhu's hypocrisy, Gu Shiyan's evasion, Zhou Man's velvet-gloved cruelty, Shen Guoan's silence, and the powerful network behind the White Tower into the light. She hadn't returned to ask them to believe her, nor to ask for their love. She had returned to make each of them step back into the trap they had laid with their own hands.
This is the story of a villainess's return. She admits she's cold, ruthless, and vindictive. She also admits that she once suffered, was afraid, and had regrets. But she refuses to let those who hurt her use her wounds as an excuse to escape blame. After her revenge, she won't forgive anyone. At last, though, she has learned to live on under the name Lin Wanjin.
