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Clear-headed celebrity x rebellious power player from Beijing's elite circles, marriage first, love later, both are each other's first and only

At a drinks reception, actress Duan Tangli was harassed by a senior executive from the production company. Thinking fast, she claimed she had plans with the executive's boss.

To her surprise, the man she'd invoked suddenly appeared. Gu Yi casually took the seat of honor, his profile noble and aloof. No one at the table dared breathe too loudly.

Duan Tangli calmly went over to offer him a drink. Gu Yi glanced up for an instant, and they each had their own agenda.

Late at night, Duan Tangli was summoned to Gu Yi's room. She walked in and saw him standing beneath the dim yellow light, looking down at her.

"Name your price. I need a wife in name only." His deep, cool voice made it seem as if he'd already guessed she needed an umbrella of protection too.

Duan Tangli named a figure, lower than he'd expected.

Only when she added, "I'll transfer the deposit first," did Gu Yi realize she'd named his price. She wanted to take the lead in this deal.

Gu Yi gave a light laugh, not taking it seriously. "I expect you to honor the spirit of the contract."

The labels the outside world gave Gu Yi: towering business tycoon, master strategist, brazen and unrestrained.

Everyone assumed Duan Tangli had gone to great lengths to climb the social ladder through this relationship, but they didn't know...

The day she was about to leave, Gu Yi lowered himself and pleaded softly, "Tangli, would you use me one more time?"

This contract marriage was acted out so convincingly that even the people in it could no longer tell what was real.

One day, Duan Tangli asked curiously, "How would you describe the night we first met? Pragmatism, mutual benefit, absurdity and delusion?"

The man known as the smiling King of Hell pulled her close and admitted ruefully into her ear, "Self-deception, hopelessness, fate."

Theme: Let go of prejudice and stay true to your original aspirations.