Lin Shen, a mute woman who runs a flower shop, used to be the cleaner for a top assassin organization. Jiang Mei, a sweet girl who runs a dessert shop, used to be the “thousand-faced” con artist of an international scam ring. Both quit the business and went into hiding in the small town of Qingxi Li, but a neighborhood matchmaking event forces them into a “contract marriage” to help each other out.
On their wedding night, each hides something under the pillow to test the other. Lin Shen thinks Jiang Mei is a harmless little bunny; Jiang Mei thinks Lin Shen is a sweet, clueless girl. Day after day, they try to out-act each other, playing the loving couple in public and testing one another in private. Until their pursuers come for them both, and the two “frail wives” reveal their true identities at the same time
You’re not mute? You’re not a sweet girl?
Their secret identities are exposed, trust collapses, and they part ways. But the assassin learns to soften, and the con artist learns to love sincerely. As they go from adversaries to partners, from disguise to honesty, the marriage that began with deception ultimately becomes each other’s only salvation.
“I’ve killed many people, but I’ve only ever saved one.”
“I’ve deceived the whole world, but from now on, I’ll spend my life deceiving only you.”
Two formidable women play cat and mouse, with a marriage before love and a long road to winning her back. See how the greatest assassin and the wildest con artist go from concealing their own agendas to giving each other their deepest love.
