May There Be an Answer

Money-minded, shamelessly smooth-talking top × cool, obsessive, celibate CEO bottom; younger top; one-on-one; happy ending

Crisis PR expert Shao Yuci transmigrates into a book.

The original owner was a haughty rich girl who loved comparing herself to others and could only get the better of her nemesis, Ji Linqing, with cutting remarks. After her family fell on hard times, she couldn't bear the change in her fortunes and jumped into a river to end her life.

When Shao Yuci opens her eyes again, she finds herself bound to the [Save Lives for Cash System].

System: [Resolve one basic crisis and receive two million in cash. The bigger the crisis, the greater the reward. Note: When saving someone, you must add a line of “tender, heartfelt care” to mend your relationship, or the payout will fail.]

Not long afterward, Ji Linqing discovers that the applicant for her secretary position is none other than her former nemesis.

At a business dinner, a rival deliberately tries to get Ji Linqing drunk. Shao Yuci steps in front of her with a cold expression, snatches the glass, and drains it in one go.

She turns around, her eyes hazy and tender with alcohol. “Don't be afraid. I'd gladly die for you.”

Shao Yuci's inner thoughts: [System, that line was plenty shameless, right? Hurry up and transfer the two million. I want to move out of my tiny room.]

In a dark alley late at night, Ji Linqing is ambushed. Shao Yuci fights her way through with a brick in hand, then holds Ji Linqing close, shielding her with blood all over herself.

Her voice trembles, but she gently reassures Ji Linqing by her ear: “You are my life. Anyone who lays a hand on you will die.”

Shao Yuci's inner thoughts: [The rewards are multiplying faster now. This was totally worth it.]

The whole city is abuzz with rumors that Shao Yuci loves Ji Linqing so obsessively it's carved into her bones, but her post-bankruptcy inferiority complex means she can only talk about money after saving her.

Until one day, Shao Yuci has saved enough money and hands in her resignation letter.

Ji Linqing, who has always been cool and proud, standing at the very top of the pyramid, loses her composure in front of everyone for the first time.

In a dim corridor, she clutches Shao Yuci tightly. Her eyes, usually so rational as to seem almost cold, are now frighteningly red.

“Shao Yuci, didn't you say I was your life? Are you planning to throw your life away now?”

**

Ji Linqing, heir to a top-tier wealthy family, was born cool and elegant, and no one dares provoke her lightly.

She thought she would never understand what it meant to “lose control,” until the person who was always at odds with her began stepping in front of her again and again.

That person is at her coldest when asking for money, yet when she saves Ji Linqing, her gaze burns hotter than anyone else's.

“You got the Shao family back, and now you want to leave.”

Ji Linqing's cool fingertips brush the other woman's cheek. Her gaze is filled with an obsession that will not fade.

“Shao Yuci... How are you going to repay the debt you've run up in my heart?”

Note added 2026.02.24

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