Novel

Chapter 1: 条款第一页

Lin Wei receives the final foreclosure notice for her mother's clinic at 2:17 AM and accepts an urgent same-night meeting with Gu Jingchen. In a stark conference room, Gu Jingchen coldly reads out the 90-day contract terms emphasizing separate bedrooms, strict no-intimacy rules in private, mandatory public appearances, and harsh penalties including emotional entanglement clauses. Lin Wei negotiates once on the intimacy clause but is firmly rejected, then signs. They attend the charity gala as newlyweds where Gu Jingchen's possessive waist hold and curt defense against a reporter's "gold-digger via spreadsheet" insinuation spark public misunderstanding and media speculation. Back at the penthouse, he assigns her separate bedroom and reminds her of the 90-day limit. A cryptic late-night message from "Second Uncle" with a red exclamation mark hints at family tension as both characters retreat to their rooms, tension thick with power imbalance and unspoken stakes.