Chapter One: Three Million for a Fake Romance

Xu Zhi first met Gu Yanchen on the afternoon the bank was about to seal her flower shop. Rain streamed down the glass door of Between Gardenias, turning it into a tear-streaked face. The collections manager placed a final notice on the counter. "If you can't repay 2.8 million yuan within seven days, Ms. Xu, the collateral enters liquidation." Two point eight million. That was the price of the shop her mother had left her, along with the drafty attic upstairs. Xu Zhi pressed her whitening fingers to the notice and still managed to smile as she showed him out. Before the door chime went quiet, a black sedan stopped soundlessly in the rain. A young man with an immaculate suit entered under an umbrella.