On a stormy night when she was five, Su Nianqing pressed half a jade pendant into the hands of a dying boy. “Big Brother, my name is Su Nianqing. Remember Nian Nian.”
Thirteen years later, her own father sold her to a creditor, and she waited in the rain to die. A Maybach screeched to a halt. The distinguished man traced the crescent-shaped birthmark beneath her collarbone, his eyes reddening. “I finally found you.”
He was Gu Yechen, head of the Gu family: cold, stern, and celibate, with no interest in women. Yet he signed a marriage contract to protect her and keep her safe.
“First rule of the contract: don't fall in love with me.”
Later, he was the one who couldn't sleep unless he held her, the one who blew up three pots while learning to make osmanthus cakes for her, and the one who shouted in front of the whole school, “I've loved only Su Nianqing for thirteen years.”
On the day the contract expired, he tore up the agreement with his own hands and dropped to one knee. “Let's renew it. For life.”
“When you were five, you gave me the only light in my life. Now I'll give you my life in return.”
