After spending ten years trapped inside a novel, Zhu Xingxu has never managed to adapt to the slow and restrictive life of the ancient world. When she finally discovers a way to return to modern times, she learns that the key lies in locating a special contract object.
To obtain it, she forms a pragmatic alliance with the Fifth Prince, Pei Xie.
Freshly returned to the capital from the border before his coming-of-age ceremony, Pei Xie appears every bit the gentle and refined nobleman. Calm, courteous, and soft-spoken, he seems like the safest possible partner for someone with a singular goal: complete the task and leave this world behind.
Zhu Xingxu makes her position clear from the beginning. She will cooperate fully as long as danger is kept to a minimum.
Yet as their search progresses, her supposedly reluctant efforts consistently produce flawless results. While claiming fear at every turn, she repeatedly neutralizes threats and overcomes obstacles with suspicious ease. Behind her complaints lies a competence that Pei Xie cannot ignore.
As they continue working together, moments of crisis gradually draw them closer. When Pei Xie nearly drowns during an escape, the same woman who can barely run a few steps without gasping for breath leaps into the water without hesitation to save him.
From that moment on, his feelings begin to slip beyond his control.
Once all the required tools are finally gathered, Zhu Xingxu prepares to leave this world behind without looking back. But Pei Xie learns of her plan before she can disappear.
He intercepts her and forcibly takes her back to his residence. The gentle nobleman she once knew is nowhere to be found. In his place stands someone cold, desperate, and unwilling to let go.
Pei Xie has always possessed very little in life. And once he obtains something he considers his, he will do whatever it takes to keep it.
Zhu Xingxu is no exception.
Now that she has become part of his world, leaving may no longer be her decision to make.
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