Under the dazzling lights and the graceful music at the most luxurious party in Thanh Thành, a decision was made that would redraw the fates of people bound by debt, old grudges, and a love that seemed non-existent.

Tô Thiển stood beside her husband, Giảng Tư Thần, the young and powerful CEO of the Giảng Group. They were the perfect couple in the public eye. The celebration was meticulously organized by Giảng CEO, with his “Phu nhân Tư Thần” personally overseeing every detail, earning endless praise from the elite for their “loving newlywed” marriage .

However, few knew that this marriage was a five-year contract of obligation.

Five years prior, Tô Thiển’s father went bankrupt, owing the Giảng Group 5 million. Giảng’s grandmother, kind-hearted but pragmatic, offered a cold bargain: “You marry my grandson. The 5 million debt will be treated as the betrothal gift, no need for repayment.” Tô Thiển accepted, exchanging her youth and dreams for her family’s peace.

Throughout this time, she perfectly played the role of a good wife, a model “Phu nhân Giảng.” Giảng Tư Thần, a cold and arrogant CEO, never truly considered her his wife, seeing her only as a “lucky charm” to appease his grandmother.

Tô Thiển fought relentlessly in silence. She used her innate talent for design, selling her works to save up the money. Finally, a call from Paris opened the door to freedom. “Your design talent is truly impressive. We would like to invite you to work in Paris.”

It was the signal. The debt was almost paid. Her grandmother’s health was stable. Tô Thiển decided: It was time to start living for herself.

At the successful party, when Giảng Tư Thần asked what reward she wanted, his overwhelming confidence was met with a calm yet earth-shattering statement:

“I want a divorce.”

Giảng Tư Thần was stunned. “What did you say?”

“I said I want a divorce. I’ve nearly gathered the money I owed your family. Divorce is the most logical step now. What do you think?”

Tô Thiển placed the bank card containing the 5 million on the Giảng family’s dining table, announcing the end of her marriage. Giảng Tư Thần’s mother was suspicious, but Tô Thiển was resolute: “That’s none of your concern anymore. I know my family background is ordinary, and I am unworthy of the Giảng family.”

Faced with Tô Thiển’s finality, Giảng Tư Thần finally conceded: “Fine, if you want a divorce, then divorce.” He tried to appear indifferent, but deep down, this loss of control hurt his pride and awakened a feeling he had deliberately ignored.

Giảng Tư Thần reassured himself: “I didn’t marry her for love back then. What now? Did feelings develop after living together for so long? I just don’t understand why she suddenly wants a divorce.”

Tô Thiển, however, was serene: “They want to be the woman of Giảng Tư Thần, but I only needed to play the role of Phu nhân Giảng. Ultimately, the relationship between him and me was just employee and boss.”

Her dream was to complete her design studies, and she still hoped to meet the savior from 18 years ago.

Following a lead from her friend, Tô Thiển found the “former owner of Cẩm Lâm Villa”—the place where she almost drowned 18 years ago. She met Tưởng Minh, the CEO of Thịnh Vũ Group.

Tưởng Minh acted mysteriously, initially claiming he didn’t remember, but when Tô Thiển mentioned the hairpin, he seemed to recall everything. Tô Thiển, overwhelmed with gratitude, was convinced he was her savior. She accepted Tưởng Minh’s offer to be the Head of Design at Thịnh Vũ, took a 3 million advance to fully repay the 5 million debt, definitively severing her financial tie to Giảng Tư Thần and abandoning her study plans, determined to prove her worth.

Giảng Tư Thần, initially agreeing to the divorce, showed clear signs of jealousy upon seeing Tô Thiển’s closeness with Tưởng Minh.

“Don’t tell me you’re divorcing me because of him?” he demanded.

Tô Thiển replied coldly: “You’re just afraid I’ll embarrass you outside. Giảng CEO, rest assured, I won’t tell anyone I was married to you. I’ll even take detours to avoid meeting you.”

The situation escalated when Giảng Tư Thần discovered Tô Thiển’s father, once again facing debt, came to borrow another 3 million from him. Giảng Tư Thần used the 3 million transfer to once again become Tô Thiển’s creditor: “I’ve become your creditor again. You have no right to ask for a divorce.”

Tô Thiển was furious: “Ultimately, in your eyes, I’m just a tool you can buy and sell at will… I’ve had enough.”

Tưởng Minh leveraged Tô Thiển’s talent to challenge Giảng Tư Thần in the fashion industry. He hired her to design a gown for Lâm Tư Vũ, the celebrity managed by Giảng Tư Thần. Lâm Tư Vũ, jealous of Tô Thiển, continuously sabotaged her work, culminating in a confrontation at her birthday party, where Giảng Tư Thần surprisingly appeared as an “organizer,” making Tô Thiển realize he was not indifferent, just uninterested in her.

When Lâm Tư Vũ tried to break the contract with Thịnh Vũ, Giảng Tư Thần used coercion to force Tô Thiển to take on the project: “Our Giảng Group only accepts the best, we never need alternatives. If your refusal causes the collaboration between the two companies to fail, no other company will dare to work with you.”

At the Fashion Week event, Giảng Tư Thần acted strangely again. He participated in the bidding for the hosting rights, pushed the price up to 100 million, and then announced he was giving the hosting rights to Tưởng Minh for free.

“You once said you would stand by him even if he lost, but I don’t want you to lose,” Giảng Tư Thần explained his inexplicable action to Tô Thiển. He would rather spend money to ensure Tưởng Minh won and Tô Thiển saved face, than see her fail.

Tưởng Minh understood the implication: “Giảng Tư Thần, are you deliberately trying to humiliate me?”

Lâm Tư Vũ, wanting to uncover the secret between Tưởng Minh and Giảng Tư Thần, agreed to Tưởng Minh’s deal. She snuck into Giảng Tư Thần’s office and discovered the shocking truth: Tưởng Minh and Giảng Tư Thần were half-brothers .

Tô Thiển, upon learning the truth, felt manipulated. She confronted Giảng Tư Thần: “So you and Tưởng Minh are half-brothers… You shouldn’t use me.”

Giảng Tư Thần tried to explain that their conflict was real, but he never used her, merely afraid to face the past. However, Tô Thiển’s trust was severely damaged.

Tưởng Minh, meanwhile, was consumed by jealousy and hatred. He used his power to pressure designers who had worked with Giảng Tư Thần. When Tô Thiển protested, he blurted out a denial of his true identity: “The person from childhood wasn’t me, wasn’t me.”

Fearing exposure, Tưởng Minh proactively asked Tô Thiển to pretend to be his girlfriend to save Thịnh Vũ from bankruptcy, using her gratitude as leverage. Tô Thiển, due to the perceived life-saving grace, reluctantly agreed.

This relationship plunged Giảng Tư Thần into deeper despair. At a dinner party, he was set up by Lâm Tư Vũ, drugged, and taken to a room by Tống Tam Xuyên. Tô Thiển accidentally saw him and took care of him.

“You and Tưởng Minh aren’t really together, are you?” Giảng Tư Thần asked.

“Look, the moon is so round tonight, and the stars are beautiful too,” Tô Thiển evaded.

“You were that way with me, but I wasn’t that way with you,” Giảng Tư Thần confessed.

They nearly reconciled, but Lâm Tư Vũ burst in, falsely accusing Tô Thiển of seducing Giảng Tư Thần, which provoked Giảng Tư Thần to angrily announce he would call the police on Lâm Tư Vũ for the previous attempt on Tô Thiển’s life.

Tưởng Minh was determined to set a final trap for Giảng Tư Thần. He leveraged Giảng Tư Thần’s mother to spread rumors that Tô Thiển was “two-timing,” causing Tô Thiển to face severe public backlash and damage her reputation.

Tô Thiển was devastated. She sought out Giảng Tư Thần, trying to find evidence to clear his name from the plagiarism accusations Tưởng Minh had engineered.

In court, as Giảng Tư Thần faced the imminent judgment for plagiarism due to lack of evidence, the female manager Tô Thiển had previously confided in stepped forward to confess: “The Giảng Group did not plagiarize, I was the one who snuck into CEO Giảng’s office and stole his designs.”

Giảng Tư Thần was acquitted but agreed to settle the case. He told Tưởng Minh: “I don’t want outsiders to know that the boyfriend of designer Tô Thiển is a petty, shameless villain.”

Tô Thiển finally realized Tưởng Minh’s entire plan was to use her to plant spies and frame Giảng Tư Thần. She decisively ended her fake relationship, but Tưởng Minh would not let go.

Tô Thiển’s father, blackmailed by Tưởng Minh to lie about the savior’s identity, arranged to meet Giảng Tư Thần for negotiation. Giảng Tư Thần went to Cẩm Lâm Villa but was ambushed by Tưởng Minh.

Giảng Tư Thần was injured. Tô Thiển’s father was fatally wounded by Tưởng Minh’s attack with a blunt object. Tưởng Minh then framed Giảng Tư Thần for the murder.

“I deeply regret to inform you that the patient was brought in too late and could not be saved.”

Tô Thiển was devastated. She didn’t believe Giảng Tư Thần was the killer, but all the evidence (Giảng Tư Thần was at the scene, injured, the weapon nearby) pointed against him. In her grief, she confronted Giảng Tư Thần in jail: “The killer struck at a camera blind spot. You are the prime suspect. How can you ask me to trust you?”

Tưởng Minh took advantage of the situation, forcing Giảng Tư Thần’s mother to sign over the assets to “save” her son. The Giảng Group collapsed, and all assets went to Tưởng Minh.

Giảng Tư Thần was released but penniless, his villa sealed, and his mother and grandmother left homeless.

Giảng Tư Thần deliberately avoided Tô Thiển, unwilling to let her see his miserable state. “I’m no longer the powerful Giảng Tư Thần. You don’t need to worry about my affairs.”

Tô Thiển, recalling Giảng Tư Thần’s words in jail: “Even if everyone else doesn’t believe me, all I need is for you to believe me,” made a life-changing decision.

She rented a small house, paid the landlord extra in secret for a reduced rent, and brought Giảng’s mother and grandmother to stay .

“Do you remember what you said to me while you were imprisoned? You said: ‘Even if everyone else doesn’t believe me, all I need is for you to believe me.’ Now I’m telling you, I believe you.”

“I don’t care if you’re the rich and powerful Giảng Tư Thần or the desperate Giảng Tư Thần you are now. To me, you have never changed.”

Tô Thiển decisively called Tưởng Minh: “Tưởng Minh, let’s break up.”

She decided to live for herself, and that love was for Giảng Tư Thần, who had silently protected her even when she mistakenly believed he was the killer.

Tô Thiển went to Cẩm Lâm Villa alone to confront Tưởng Minh, forcing him to reveal the truth.

“The place where we first met was the bar, the bar? You mean you’re not the boy who saved me back then. You finally figured it out, didn’t you?”

Tưởng Minh, in his madness, confessed to all his crimes: he killed Tô Thiển’s father because the old man blackmailed him for money and would expose his lie about being the savior. “He always used this to threaten me, asking for money… So I decisively killed him once and for all.”

Giảng Tư Thần, who had followed Tô Thiển, arrived just in time. Tưởng Minh used Tô Thiển as a shield, demanding Giảng Tư Thần kneel.

“Kneel down, hurry up and kneel down!” Tưởng Minh screamed.

Giảng Tư Thần, for love, was about to kneel. But Tô Thiển escaped, and Tưởng Minh’s parents, brought by Giảng Tư Thần, appeared, stopping their son’s madness. Tưởng Minh was arrested.

“Over the years, your father and I kept comparing you to Tư Thần, which warped your mind and made you jealous of Tư Thần. It’s all my fault.” Tưởng Minh’s father confessed.

Giảng Tư Thần was acquitted. Tưởng Minh paid the price for his crimes. The ancient feud finally ended.

The two people who were once bound by a contractual marriage became partners in both love and career.

Giảng Tư Thần, once the powerful CEO, agreed to be the agent for the designer Tô Thiển.

“You’re in charge of the internal design, and I’ll handle the external negotiations. Isn’t that a good arrangement?” Tô Thiển proposed.

“My boss, let’s go back to the room and discuss the details,” Giảng Tư Thần replied, accepting his new role willingly.

Giảng Tư Thần used his talent for negotiation to help Tô Thiển sign a contract with the prestigious David of the Easter Academy, elevating her reputation internationally.

Over time, Tô Thiển became the influential n the fashion world, while Giảng Tư Thần gradually rebuilt and recovered the Giảng Group. Their relationship was built on love, respect for talent, and unconditional sacrifice.

In the office, when Tô Thiển handed Giảng Tư Thần the fashion plan, she teased: “We clearly agreed that I’m the boss and you’re the employee. How did you become the CEO again in less than a year?”

Giảng Tư Thần hugged her, his eyes filled with tenderness: “What does it matter? At home, I still listen to you anyway.”

They found true happiness, not in the luxury of the Giảng Group, but in their small, cozy home, where his grandmother and mother lived, where they cooked, laughed, and looked forward to a promising future together. Tô Thiển had truly begun to live for herself, free from any debt or obligation. She had gained freedom, her dream, and a sincere, enduring love.

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