Shen Lingyi doesn't trust anyone.
Abandoned by her mother at the age of six, betrayed by her first love at the age of twenty-five, and taking over the Shen Group at the age of twenty-six, she found that the ship was riddled with holes - she had only one creed in life: rely on herself.
Gu Yanzhi doesn't need anyone.
The younger brother died on the hospital bed because he was "not strong enough", and the father turned the pain of losing his son into a curse on him. He spent five years turning himself into a sophisticated revenge machine that requires no emotions, only allies.
When the iron heel of the Yuanhang Department came to both families at the same time, they signed a five-year marriage agreement: a loving couple externally, each getting what he needs internally, not interfering with each other, and disbanding upon expiration.
Shen Lingyi said: "I won't trust you."
Gu Yanzhi said: "I don't need your trust either."
They thought it was just a deal.
Until late one night, Gu Yanzhi flew for twelve hours to pick up the trapped Shen Lingyi in a foreign country.
Until Shen Lingyi discovered in Gu Yanzhi's safe that the password was her birthday.
When the five-year period expired and the agreement was on the table, no one signed it.
Shen Lingyi knocked on his door with the agreement in hand: "Gu Yanzhi, the contract has expired. Do you want to renew it?"
Gu Yanzhi tore up the agreement.
"I don't want a contract. I want you."
——This is a story about how two people who don't believe in love learn to trust, learn to get hurt, and learn to turn "allies" into "lovers".
