For money, Zhou Junlin agreed to a contract marriage with Ji Yunmo, who was trying to avoid the marriage his family had arranged for him. As they spent time together, they gradually fell in love. Even when people mocked Ji Yunmo as a lowly illegitimate son, she never backed down. She loved Ji Yunmo for who he was, not for his status.
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[Only then did Zhou Junlin realize that Ji Yunmo, whom she had thought lived such a glamorous life, had actually been stumbling through the darkness all along. Hatred had long since seeped into every part of him. He was close to being consumed by it, and had nearly lost himself.
Zhou Junlin wanted to save him.
Even if she could do very little.
Even if it was all in vain.
She was still willing to try.]
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["Baby, I missed you so much!"
"Did you miss me?"
Zhou Junlin pushed him away and put some distance between them, feigning indifference. "More or less."
Ji Yunmo sounded dejected. "Baby, why are you so cold to me?"
He took Zhou Junlin's hand and pressed it to his hair. "Don't you love me anymore?"]
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(The male lead has no first love in his heart and only loves the female lead. The female lead simply misunderstands; the male lead's friend said otherwise to tease the other woman. Both are devoted and faithful, one-on-one romance, and the male lead is very clingy once they get together.)