After her father's death, Wen Yutang was reduced from a legitimate daughter to a prisoner in the hands of her stepmother.
With a handful of incense, she was abandoned in a deserted cave outside the city, left to fend for herself.
When she was rescued, she ran into a pair of bottomless eyes - Xiao Jingyuan, the son of the current prime minister, with a gentle smile but ice in his eyes.
Everyone said she was weak and could be bullied, and she was the most useless decoration in a deep house.
She lowered her eyes and smiled softly, swallowed the blood and tears, and learned to be well-behaved from the slaps and the sound of beads.
Until that day, her stepmother threw a "haunted" restaurant into her hands.
"It's your ability to take care of things well; if something goes wrong... It's your fate."
She took over the restaurant and dealt with the temptations of her stepsister and the tricks of her mother.
Little did she know, those eyes staring at her never left.
Xiao Jingyuan rubbed the broken porcelain with his fingertips and chuckled:
"Miss Wen family... Is she really innocent, or is she hiding it deeper than me?"
"She will be my best weapon to pry open Wen Mansion."
"It is also the only light when I fall into the abyss."
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A redemption that begins in a cave, and a game that ends in the court.
She hides her edge in the house fight, while he makes plans in his tactics.
It wasn't until each other's masks peeled off that they realized:
The deepest calculation turned out to have been hatched long ago.
Purpose: To grow in adversity and break the conspiracy