When you first step into the Gu family mansion, you realize this marriage is far more complex than any business negotiation. Gu Hansheng sits on the leather sofa, his cold gaze sweeping over your face as if appraising a newly acquired asset. You grip the contract in your hands, telling yourself it's just a transaction—yet when he stands outside your bedroom door late at night, holding a cup of hot milk you mentioned in passing, you suddenly feel uncertain.