[Reunion After Years Apart / Coercive Possession / The Powerful Man Loses His Cool / Beijing's Elite Circle / Eight-Year Age Gap]
[Beautiful Ambitious Schemer × Obsessive]
Jiang Ailuo had a face of breathtaking beauty. The moment she debuted, she was hailed as "the most captivating woman alive," yet she had been born into poverty.
That summer, she seduced a man she knew she could never afford to offend, but who was also the only one capable of protecting her virtue.
For the two years he kept her, he treated her exceptionally well, and she began to harbor desires she should never have had. Then she saw a delicate beauty in a psychiatric hospital, someone else kept by a powerful man from Beijing's elite circle, acting like a lunatic. Jiang Ailuo came to her senses, left without a word, and never looked back.
Five years later, Jiang Ailuo won Best Newcomer for an art-house film and appeared at the awards ceremony.
Her stunning face was cool and distant, yet she smiled brightly at the young actor beside her. That smile soon became a trending topic.
At the celebratory banquet, Jiang Ailuo never expected to see Song Bingyuan again. Knowing she couldn't afford to offend him, she repeatedly kept her distance, even though he had access to the connections she wanted more than anything.
But Song Bingyuan wasn't going to let her get away just because she avoided him. He held her responsible for both seducing him back then and leaving without a word.
He kept score and stopped at nothing, but she had never believed he acted that way because he loved her. Given what she knew of him, it was simply because she was the only person who had dared to toy with him, bruising the pride of a man accustomed to being on top.
