Lin Wangxi realizes she is living inside a melodramatic novel as the “vicious fake heiress,” destined to die mysteriously in six months once the real heiress returns. With her future already written and nowhere to go, she braces herself for an inevitable downfall.
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Her only unexpected refuge comes from Zhou Jinyuan, the cold and impoverished man she once forced into being her boyfriend. In the original story, he is the future villain—an outcast who later rises to power after her death, leaving her as a shameful memory he refuses to acknowledge.
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Despite clearly disliking her, Zhou Jinyuan remains responsible and attentive throughout their contractual relationship, even while struggling with debt and poverty. His quiet devotion contrasts with her past behavior, making Lin Wangxi increasingly uneasy and guilty about how she treated him.
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Determined to correct things, she decides to end their relationship once the agreed time is up and set him free. However, when she brings up the breakup, his cold façade cracks—he refuses to let her go, his emotions spiraling in a way that suggests he may be on the verge of becoming dangerously obsessed.



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