Shen Lu is the unrecognized illegitimate daughter of the Shen family. She has been looked down upon for twenty years. The adoptive mother was seriously ill and urgently needed 200,000 yuan for surgery. Her sister Shen Wei threw the Huo family's marriage contract to her like garbage: "You marry me." Shen Lu signed silently and became the substitute bride of Huo Sichen, the second young master of the Huo family.
Huo Sichen is the illegitimate son of the Huo family. He is cold, sharp and unkind. On their wedding night, he was on a business trip and didn't even say goodbye. His mother-in-law and sister-in-law mocked her as a "substitute." Shen Lu recorded all his grievances in his account book and quietly kept his duties.
But Shen Lu is not a lamb left to be slaughtered. She taught herself finance and helped Huo Sichen identify loopholes in the project and avoid a loss of 30 million. From being despised to being valued, from being a contract couple to fighting side by side, the two of them slowly got closer. Huo Sichen said: "There are three months left on the contract and I don't want to leave." Shen Lu said: "I don't want to leave either."
Shen Wei went crazy with jealousy and teamed up with Huo Siyuan and Lin Zhiyi to expose the identity of Shen Lu's "illegitimate daughter" and fabricated rumors that her mother was a mistress. Shen Lu did not back down and joined forces with Huo Sichen to fight back. When she discovered that she was pregnant, she also revealed a shocking secret - Huo Sichen's mother did not die of illness, but was poisoned by her elder brother Huo Siyuan.
At the board meeting, Shen Lu presented irrefutable evidence and Huo Siyuan was arrested. After the dust settled, Huo Sichen left the cinema and knelt down on one knee: "The contract has expired. I want to renew it forever." Shen Lu nodded while crying.
This is a story about a substitute's counterattack and two-way redemption. She thought she was just a deal, but it turned out to be the best deal in his life.
