THE GAME OF LOVE ~ Before You Love Me
Lin Yue doesn't believe in love. Raised in a world unified under an imperialist ideology, technologically advanced and ruled by a single emperor, she was trained from a young age to become a high-level concubine – someone who understands human desire as a tool, affection as a resource, and the male heart as conquerable territory. When a system for settling regrets chooses her for a mission in another world, Lin Yue accepts without hesitation. Her goal is simple: to win the love of a man who never loved his wife, to end the regret of a soul that died wishing to be loved by him. In return, the system promises any wealth she desires. The man in question is Shen Yichen – heir to a financial empire, rational to the point of coldness, marked by a first love that ended without explanation. For him, marriage is a contract, not a promise. Love is a risk, not a necessity. United by an arranged marriage between powerful families, Lin Yue and Shen Yichen begin a life together without romantic expectations. But while he closes himself off to protect his own pride, she advances with a silent strategy: not to compete with the past, not to demand equality, not to ask for love—just to remain. The system observes. His heart begins to react. But there's one rule Lin Yue can't break: she can't fall in love before he falls completely in love with her. And when the line between control and comfort begins to disappear, the real question ceases to be whether she will win the mission—and becomes whether she is willing to pay the price of winning. Because sometimes, winning a heart is easier to discover or do with your own.
