A NIGHT, A LIFETIME
A NIGHT, A LIFETIME
For tuition, Su Wanwan, a 22-year-old university student with no safety net, makes a decision she never imagined. One desperate night meant to solve a single problem and never be spoken of again. Every choice she makes feels like a step on a tightrope, balancing survival and secrecy. She convinces herself it is a solution for a single night, a problem that will disappear by sunrise.
The man she chooses is Gu Chengyi, a renowned surgeon and CEO of City H's most prestigious private medical group. Calm, controlled, untouchable. A man whose life runs on precision and restraint, whose reputation and decisions are flawless, whose world allows no room for mistakes. He is everything she is not, and she knows it.
It was supposed to end at dawn.
But when Wanwan is rushed to the emergency entrance weeks later, and Gu Chengyi was the doctor attending to her, the line between transaction and consequence shatters. He was never meant to care. She never planned to be remembered either. Yet, the quiet intensity of her presence pulls him in despite himself. Her debts, her fears, her quiet resilience, and the secret she is trying desperately to hide are impossible to ignore. Each glance, each interaction threatens the control he has always maintained.
In the Gu family, love is not a choice, it is a liability. His mother, Madam Gu, has already chosen his bride, Lin Qingya, the goddaughter she raised like her own, daughter of her best friend since their college days. Lin Qingya fits perfectly into a world of wealth, status, and expectations, a life meticulously planned and carefully guarded. Wanwan does not fit. She was never supposed to.
In a city where power decides everything, where family reputation and alliances dictate every move, love becomes the most dangerous mistake of all. One night meant to fix a problem has become a chain of consequences neither of them can escape, drawing them together against rules, expectations, and a world that would never allow their connection to exist.
