Marriage stole two years from Chen Lili. After her divorce, she had only three things left: borrowed travel money, professional skills that had gone out of date, and a version of herself that felt like a joke.
Everyone said she had lost touch with society.
She insisted on getting on board anyway, taking a new vehicle no one had taught her how to drive: AI.
From handling AI customer service for a bed-and-breakfast, to generating a million in sales for an online shop, to becoming a disciple of the industry titan Polaris, she clawed her way back to the table, one step at a time.
The day she joined Baichuan, nobody knew who she was.
Except one person.
Vice President Jiang Yu, the playboy who had tried to sleep with her by the seaside and then scared her off with three words, was watching her with a knowing smile.
"Miss Chen, long time no see."
Chen Lili extended her hand without changing expression. "Mr. Jiang, nice to meet you."
Nobody knew that the words that had scared her away, "I'll take care of you," were exactly what her ex-husband had said back then.
Later, she kept him dangling and made use of him, watching him burn his entire harem to the ground, watching a man who had never stayed for anyone learn to put the choice in her hands.
By then, she had already become an ocean of her own.
[If you want to play, I'll play along. But remember: the hunter and the prey can switch places in an instant.]
[Content warnings: The heroine is divorced. The hero is a genuine playboy at first. A long road to redemption. HE. Both leads are strong.]
Theme: There are no roads in life that are walked for nothing, and no shore we can't return to. What marriage stole and what the times left behind can all be taken back with our own hands. A woman's salvation never lies in a man, but in herself.
