The Contract Is Over, and He Says He's Done Pretending!

[Mutual devotion only + one-on-one romance + sweet love + secret crush + unconventional switched-at-birth heiresses]

A sweet girl who's warm on the outside, cool on the inside, and tough as nails vs. a proud young heir who's aloof on the outside but warm underneath

After years of living under someone else's roof, Xu Yi fears two things most: having no money and owing people favors. Four years later, at a business banquet in Lincheng, fate brings her back into contact with the most rebellious second son of the Xie family. When she decides to leave Qingzhou alone and put everything behind her for good, he's also the first one to find her.

Beneath the salty sea breeze, the man drawls lazily, showing no anger at having been deceived. “What a coincidence. Fancy seeing you again.”

Later, with her palms slick with sweat, she asks him to enter a three-month relationship contract.

“Boss Xu, you should know this isn't some childish game of holding hands.” Xie Jinghuai's eyes gleam with amusement as his tall frame looms over her. “You'd really dare do me a favor like this?”

She thinks it's a deal where they each get what they want. But on the day the contract expires, as she picks up her luggage to leave, Xie Jinghuai traps her by the door, his voice hoarse. “Xu Yi, do you really enjoy playing me for a fool?”

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Everyone knows that Gu Yining, the cherished youngest daughter of the Gu family, went abroad years ago and has remained shrouded in mystery.

Old memories surge back all at once, and every trace disappears without a word.

While out on location with her team, Xu Yi wanders into a lavish estate built halfway up a mountain. Just as she's being led out in a daze, she runs into the estate's owner, who's holding a cat.

She crouches to soothe the big dog and little cat circling around her, then looks at the man before her and asks softly, “Hello, sir. Have we met?”

The instant she speaks, his eyes turn blood-red.