Chapter One: Three Million for a Fake Romance

"Ms. Xu, I'm Zhou Jibai. Someone would like to discuss a transaction." Xu Zhi looked toward the car. The rear window lowered halfway, revealing a man with a severe profile and eyes colder than the rain. "Come in if you're buying flowers," she said. "If you're buying a person, don't bother." For once, Zhou Jibai had no prepared response. Ten minutes later, Gu Yanchen sat in the flower shop's only stable wooden chair. Before him was a cup of cheap instant coffee decorated with a chipped daisy. He seemed like a man who had never been received with so little ceremony. "Ninety days. Three million," he said. "Pretend to be my girlfriend and attend essential events.