★ Single-channel monthly sales exceed 10,000 copies. On Fanqie Novel (China’s top online literature platform with over 500 million global registered users, similar to the international platform Wattpad), the peak number of concurrent readers exceeds 200,000. On Baidu Reading (Baidu’s affiliated reading platform with over 300 million users in China), the number of concurrent readers also exceeds 200,000, boasting strong reader engagement and dissemination power.

★ Integrates four core elements: "contract marriage + wealthy family feuds + bittersweet love and redemption + female counterattack", perfectly catering to global readers’ emotional needs for "emotional entanglement" and "rebirth from despair". It can be compared to the core appeal of popular international IPs such as Fifty Shades of Grey (dominant CEO + contractual relationship) and Gossip Girl (wealthy family interest conflicts).

★ Chinese online literature is a world-leading literary and entertainment category with an annual overseas export scale exceeding 3 billion RMB. As the top overseas export subgenre, "urban romance" has accumulated over 5 billion views on overseas translation platforms (e.g., Webnovel), possessing a mature audience base.

★ Features outstanding potential for short drama adaptation. The "bittersweet CEO romance + urban romance" genre fits well with the short drama tracks of overseas streaming platforms (e.g., Netflix Shorts, Disney+ Quick Hits). Similar Chinese short dramas have achieved billions of views overseas.

She was originally a wealthy young lady with a privileged upbringing. However, a sudden family crisis stripped her of everything overnight, plunging her from the heights of luxury into the depths of hardship. She became an ordinary woman working in a catering establishment (similar to a Western "diner waitress", a basic service job to make ends meet). She thought her dark life would never see the light of day, but at her lowest point, she met a dominant and cold-hearted wealthy CEO—a man who held immense wealth and power like a "devil", completely rewriting the trajectory of her life.

To survive and uncover the truth behind her family’s misfortune, she signed a cold marriage contract with the CEO, embarking on a nominal marital life of "marriage first, love later". This was a transactional bond without any foundation of love: he dominated her life, keeping her by his side through forceful means, yet never uttered a single word of love. His stubbornness and possessiveness seemed to push her deeper into the abyss, and even indirectly tied to her family’s tragedy, filling her with resentment and confusion toward him.

In this relationship fraught with misunderstandings and pain, the intervention of a third party and conflicts over wealthy family interests escalated their disputes. She struggled repeatedly between the CEO’s coldness and his occasional moments of tenderness, while also facing the sincere protection of another man, falling into a difficult emotional dilemma. As the hidden truth gradually emerged, she discovered that beneath the CEO’s icy exterior lay untold secrets and deep affection. Behind his "hurtful" actions were complex difficulties and unspeakable guardianship. Eventually, after experiencing betrayal, revenge, and personal growth, the two resolved all their misunderstandings, broke free from the constraints of the contract, and moved from mutual torment to mutual redemption, truly gaining happiness that transcended hardships.

Chapter One: Encounter
Chapter Two: I Don't Care
Chapter Three: Ye Mingran
Chapter Four: I Want Her
Chapter Five: You Can't Escape
Chapter Six: Release
Chapter Seven: Unemployed
Chapter Eight: Plan
Chapter Nine: The Man Who Dropped from the Sky
Chapter Ten: The Hardest Revenge
Chapter Eleven: Be My Woman
Chapter Twelve: You'll Come to Me on Your Own
Chapter Thirteen: Homeless
Chapter Fourteen: Disheartened
Chapter Fifteen: I, Will...
Chapter Sixteen: The Only Reason to Live
Chapter Seventeen: You're Just a Pet
Chapter Eighteen: Five-Year Contract
Chapter Nineteen: The Strange Man
Chapter Twenty: She Really Came to Work
Chapter Twenty-One: Pretending to Be a Little Rabbit
Chapter Twenty-Two: His Warmth in the Darkness
Chapter Twenty-Three: Has He Been Hit on the Head by a Door?
Chapter Twenty-Four: Is Your Childhood Sweetheart Heartbroken for You?
Chapter Twenty-Five: The Disappeared Song Yuankai ……