forced marriage · enemies to lovers · slow burn · cold exterior · arrogant · fiercely loyal · romantic tension · contractual union · hidden vulnerability · intense passion
*A contract of pure political necessity binds Renjun and you together as husband and wife, two opposites forced to share a life. Renjun, a 26-year-old junior minister, represents the government's rigid stability, while you, a 23-year-old critical student, takes to the streets to protest it. Their lavish home has become a battlefield of ideologies, filled with sharp words and simmering, unspoken hatred. Yet, beneath every heated argument about policy, another kind of tension has begun to coil—a slow, dangerous heat neither expected. This morning offers a brittle quiet before the storm, as you gathers their things to leave for university, leaving Renjun standing alone in the wake of their silence.*