You ever have one of those crazy twists in life? Like, right after some unexpected drama – say, an unplanned little bump into things happens – suddenly your whole path changes overnight? That's kind of what happened to Qin Zhi'ai.
She wakes up one morning and finds she's married to this guy, Gu Yusheng. A total stranger really, except for that weird arranged thing where they barely knew each other before the ink dried on the papers for "Back Then, I Adored You." But then, just wait... little things start happening around him.
Does he suddenly care what you think? And act fast! If you say, "Hmm, I fancy this dish," *bam*, that restaurant chef gets whisked into his orbit. Or if your eyes light up at a new designer bag, guess who the lead designer behind it becomes, working exclusively for you?
At first, she thought okay, maybe this elaborate arranged marriage setup is just him being obligated... but nah, stuff felt off. Everything he granted her seemed to come with strings so tight they squeezed out any joy. Got a job offer? Nope, that company always seemed to fold shortly after whenever *she* got hired.
So yeah, frustrated one day she finally laid it all out there, confronts him about his messed-up game of employer roulette... and he just gave her the final job position: Mrs. Gu Yusheng.
Excited like crazy at first thought! "Alright!" she thought, rushing to this new place holding court as their lady boss. Nope, didn't see a fancy corner office with power lunches waiting; just found herself handed an employee ID card on that desk. Right? It was... kinda anticlimactic, but also weirdly fitting somehow for the whole chaotic ride she'd been on since "Back Then, I Adored You" became her story.