Jiang Si was reborn.
In her previous life, she was vain, money-hungry, and looked down on the poor. She treated Gu Yanzhi, who was down on his luck, as a long-term meal ticket. Thinking he was broke, she dumped him and immediately latched onto someone richer, only to be run over and killed by a sycophant of Shen Qingtan, the Shen family heiress.
Only after she died did she learn that Gu Yanzhi was the heir the Gu family had spent years searching for. He stood at her funeral for three days and three nights, then went mad as soon as he got home.
Given another chance, Jiang Si lays down one ironclad rule: Gu Yanzhi must be the one to dump her. Otherwise, she’ll die again, and he’ll go mad again.
So she goes out of her way to provoke him. She complains that he doesn’t earn enough, and he gives her a black card. She says the water is the wrong temperature, and he buys her a temperature-controlled cup warmer. They give each other the silent treatment for three days, and every day he leaves a love letter by her bed. The more difficult she acts, the more he thinks she’s been wronged, and the more he spoils her.
He’s completely PUA’d himself, and she’s about to lose her mind.
Shen Qingtan watches from the shadows, while pressure from the Gu family closes in. Jiang Si realizes she can’t keep up the act anymore, not because she’s a bad actress, but because she’s truly fallen for the man she treated like a “tool.”
On one side is life and death; on the other, true feelings.
She chooses a third path: pushing him away while keeping him safe.
But Gu Yanzhi has never been one to passively wait. He sees through her escape plan but doesn’t call her out. He simply tightens the net called “love” around her, little by little.
When the truth comes out, her identity is revealed, and the assassination attempt begins, Jiang Si finally realizes that the man she’s desperately trying to get rid of has long since laid a deadly trap for her.
You can’t escape.
Because every time you run, I’ll chase you. You can run a hundred times, and I’ll chase you a hundred times.
