A Pact Sealed with Love, Beginning with a Deal

The day Lu Sihan married Gu Beichen, all of Shanghai knew it was a deal involving a “300-million-yuan bride.” He was cold and distant; she was elegant and composed. In public, they were the perfect couple. In private, they were partners who kept their lives strictly separate.

He laid down the rules: affectionate in public, free to do as they pleased in private, and married for three years.

She agreed: no talk of love, only mutual benefit, clean and simple.

And yet

His high-profile ex-girlfriend returned from abroad and provoked her time and again;

The old flame she had once missed came back into her life;

Underhanded schemes stirred within the Gu family, and an anonymous letter exposed the truth behind their marriage.

As a family crisis, corporate scheming, and tangled relationships with former lovers came one after another, the man who had once said, “Let's not talk about feelings,” clasped her hand tightly in front of the board of directors:

“She began as my wife on a contract, and ended as the love of my life.”