Betting Agreement

Ten years ago, unwilling to become a burden to each other, genius neuroscientist Shen Xingzhi chose the most rational option: leaving without a word.

Ten years later, risk-control expert and top capital investor Lu Heng returned with a three-hundred-million-dollar wager, buying out Shen Xingzhi's "Memory Anchor" project once again. He also vowed to collect what he was owed, with interest.

To outsiders, this was a business arrangement between a ruthless investor and a flawless contractor.

Lu Heng pressed forward at every turn, even using a hundred billion in capital to acquire an overseas supply chain, all to build an impregnable fortress around him.

Shen Xingzhi, meanwhile, remained calm and restrained. But as the wager's deadline approached, he secretly used his own brain to confront a fatal surge in computing power, all to keep Lu Heng's empire from suffering losses.

With the chip on the verge of overheating and holographic projections flickering throughout the room, Lu Heng finally realized that the seemingly emotionless, rational madman had made him the sole "absolute defensive anchor" in his subconscious, right up to the final second before his mental defenses collapsed.

"I put my entire business empire on the line to protect you, and you risked your life to clear the abyss for me?"

Capital mogul x mad scientist

(All places, names, and technology in this story are fictional and unrelated to reality.)

Theme: Two formidable people joining forces