She staged the most scandalous wedding in Harbor City—marrying a dead genius to shame the living. The papers called her mad. The police called her delusional. Her father called her broken. What they didn't know: she'd paid for a ritual that bound the dead woman's soul to her with a single promise—never again to be abandoned. It cost her a thousand years in hell. It also bought her time. Now, with memories of a past life snapping into place, Gu Xiao Meng will stop at nothing to protect the woman she loved. She'll bribe officers, burn secrets, walk into a mountain temple posing as a naive student, and stab a betrayer through the back when the moment comes. She will endure ridicule, poison, and the rules of gods and ghosts—because some debts must be paid, and some vows must be finished. This is a dark, relentless romance about a second chance that defies law and heaven. Can a living woman outwit a traitor, outfight a god, and outlove death itself? Or will the price of that promise finally collect what she refused to give?
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