Xu Yiyi is a “little deer” who has wandered into a lavish gathering of the wealthy. She has no parents, and her only asset is a poor but brilliant mind.
Someone treats her like a joke.
The playboy Shen Lin thinks she's tacky and laughs at how timid she is. But as he teases her bit by bit, he falls hopelessly for her. Then he cruelly says, “She's just a plaything,” and personally shatters the relationship he had considered an act of charity.
Someone treats her like prey.
On the surface, top student He Xuhuai is gentle and considerate, but beneath that lies a predator accustomed to controlling everything. With a thrill of conquest, he picks her up from the ruins Shen Lin left behind, only to push her into the abyss all over again.
Then Song Xingye, the young man returned from the darkness, appears. Gu Ci, who has watched it all from above with cold eyes from the very beginning, turns around and makes the “young master” of the Song family disappear without a word.
Gu Ci is Shen Lin's cousin and the powerbroker He Xuhuai dares not defy.
He helps her cut off the wrong men and clears every obstacle from her path. Then he gently wipes away her tears and says in a low, dangerous voice, “Then it's my turn.”
Only then does Xu Yiyi understand that from beginning to end, she was nothing but prey carefully laid out by Gu Ci.
[Content warnings]
1. The heroine is a Cinderella with no parents, but she's a genius.
2. Male lead one is a polished scoundrel, male lead two is a spoiled, vicious playboy, male lead three is a sweet-talking academic, and male lead four is a loyal gangster.
3. Everyone is messed up. The heroine is the only normal one.
4. At heart, it's about four powerful men taking turns chasing the heroine after losing her, while all she wants to do is study.
