[Sweet Historical Romance + Stand-In Twist + Marriage Contract + Ensemble Mystery]
Office worker Li Muzhi dies from working overtime, then transmigrates and wakes up in the middle of a bandit kidnapping.
Who am I?
She tries hard to search the original owner's memories.
A vengeful heiress? A discarded wife from a wealthy family? An illegitimate daughter standing in for someone else?
Nothing. Her mind is a blank.
At her most desperate moment, she happens upon the top scholar Shen Jian'an, who rescues her.
The whole city is stunned: this woman looks exactly like Shen Jian'an's vanished first love!
He takes her in and marries her for one reason: her face.
Li Muzhi: Got it. I'm a stand-in, so I'll treat it like a job. I used to be a contractor and corporate workhorse in my previous life, too.
She dutifully plays the perfect stand-in. In her spare time, she draws on modern ideas to open a shop and create Xingyi's first milk tea shop, Xingbaike.
Her new drinks, Berry Green Tea, Cherry Honey Kiss, and Apricot Spring Breeze, become a citywide sensation, winning over the locals' taste buds.
As she builds her business, she befriends Chen Zheng, Du Yier, Zhao Mingzhi, and others, discovering the warmth of genuine family affection and the loyalty of true friendship. Her days become lively and full.
But Shen Jian'an's heart slowly strays from its original purpose.
When someone bullies her, he quietly steps in. When she gets drunk, he carries her home. When she gets too close to someone else, he spends the whole day scowling.
Li Muzhi flips through her ledger. “Boss, the contract's nearly up. Are we renewing?”
Shen Jian'an's ears turn red. After a long pause, all he manages to say is:
“Renewing... You can name your terms.”
Just then, the real first love returns...
A mysterious figure hiding in Xingyi City secretly slips a ledger into the Herding Office where Shen Jian'an works.
The clues point to the Battle of Cangyukou twenty years ago.
Behind that defeat, none of the three families, Jin, Shen, and Zhao, is innocent.
And the reason the mysterious figure chose Shen Jian'an is another secret in itself.
Super beautiful, the plot is ups and downs, fascinating, must recommend!