[Satisfying Read] [Plot Twists] [Subverting the Usual Tropes] [Fast-Paced] [Modern] [Strong Female Lead with a Wild Imagination] [Sweet on the Outside, Dark Within] [Spoiled Schemer Who Makes Money] [Everyone Gets Their Comeuppance] [Turning the Tables]
Dopamine has been depleted across the globe. Everyone in the city has lost the ability to feel their heart race or experience joy, and emotions have become a luxury beyond reach. Sheng Qingli, a fallen socialite thrown out by her wealthy family, accidentally binds herself to the [Financialized Heartbeat Manipulation Terminal]. Every time she flirts, the heart rates of the powerful men around her surge, turning into cold hard cash and fortune points!
But this heaven-defying mechanism hides a fatal backlash: if one of her bound targets loses all signs of life, Sheng Qingli will lose an equal amount of all her assets and lifespan!
So the cold-blooded, aloof tycoon, the lovesick top-tier star, and the scheming politician discover that this spoiled black-hearted beauty toys with them to rake in money, yet frantically tries to save them when they're on the brink of death, eyes red as she shouts, “Hang in there, damn it! If you die, I'll go bankrupt!” The city's powerful men all fall for her. It turns out she's the one and only addiction in the whole city.
