Chapter One: The Same Day, Twice

Gu Chenzhou had died once when the champagne glass shattered. No—twice, to be precise. The first time was three years later on Linjiang's sea bridge. The brakes of his black sedan failed, and the car tore through the barrier into the winter ocean. As freezing water filled his lungs, one headline still glowed on his phone: *Hanhai Group Chairman Gu Chengze Marries Chengxing Capital Heiress Lin Wanqing.* His most trusted cousin and the woman who should have become his wife. The second death was happening now. Crystal exploded across marble, splashing wine onto his shoes. More than a hundred faces turned toward him. At the head table, his grandfather Gu Zhengrong rested both hands on a dragon-headed cane and spoke the exact words Chenzhou