The greatest talent Si Pinglan has in this life is spending money.
He's an expert at eating, drinking, and having fun, a well-rounded playboy with just one redeeming quality: more money than he could ever spend.
Lately, he's been fretting over how to get a marriage certificate so he can claim the massive inheritance his grandfather left behind after pulling one last trick on him before dying.
He Xiangyu is the exact opposite.
She has lofty ambitions and has decided to devote her life to academia, but she has one fatal flaw: she's so broke she can hear the coins rattling in her empty pockets. Making money is far harder than writing a research proposal.
What worries her most right now is how to cover her grandmother's nursing home bills and surgery costs.
One needs a marriage certificate, the other needs a fortune.
Like a gong meeting a bell, they hit it off at once.
"Miss He, let's not beat around the bush. A monthly salary of 100,000, a two-year contract, and another million after it's up. Are you in?"
He Xiangyu: "..."
That piece of paper is worth that much? Hesitating for even a second would be an insult to the God of Wealth!
"Deal!"
Life is full of surprises. Before the contract is up, her partner changes his mind.
He Xiangyu: "???"
You want to stiff me on my salary just after we started? Are you even human?!
Si Pinglan showered her with gifts and threw himself at her, finally managing to soothe her. Then, while the iron was hot, he leaned in. "About our contract... how about we change the term? Married couples share their assets, and that's worth more than a million."
Thoughts of being indifferent to fame and fortune, of a scholar's noble integrity, flashed through He Xiangyu's mind...
At this moment, none of them could compete with the allure of money.
She gave a light cough and lifted her teacup to hide the corners of her mouth turning up. "Ahem, only because Grandma likes you so much."
Sharp-tongued, generous-paying sugar daddy type x poor but determined, high-energy little ray of sunshine
* Blurb revised on 2026.08.01
Theme: The happy life of a bell and a gong.
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