Ning Ling is a bright new star in the jewelry design world and the canary that Tan Wan, the biggest tycoon in Shanghai, has supported for ten years. Her designs amaze the world, but they never really belong to her. It wasn't until the Tokyo International Art Exhibition that she met Konstantin Chernov, an arrogant Russian oligarch. He disdainfully evaluated her works as "fancy gadgets", but when she retorted in fluent Russian, a dangerous interest flashed in his ice-blue eyes.
Tan Wan's control is as close as a shadow, and Chernov's intervention makes this prison game more complicated. Professor Kujo's gentleness, Lu Jin's sincerity, Misaki's calculations... Everyone projects their desires on her, but all she wants is freedom.
When the truth was peeled away layer by layer, Ning Ling discovered that the most deadly shackles might not be Tan Wan's possessiveness, but the obedience she had long been accustomed to.
Intention: Self-love comes first.