Seller Stories

The last person you'd expect to hold the fate of two worldsin his greasy apron is a guy who sells lamb skewers in chaotic morning market-lazy, perpetually rumpled, and allergic to anything fancier than instant noodles. Meet Yang Chen: a man with a past buried deeper than the night market's stinky tofu. Raised abroad, he's haunted by a relic he thought he'd lost forever: the Hades Ring-a cursed token of an ancient godly pact, and a reminder of the destiny he fled. Now back in China, he's perfectly happy flipping skewers, dodging his landlady's rent rants, and ignoring the whispers about his "weird vibe." Until he meets Lin Ruoxi. She's everything he's not: sharp-suited, ice-cold CEO of a multinational corp, with a tongue sharper than his wok. Their meet-cute? A fender bender... followed by her discovering his ring-and the faint, ancient magic leaking from it. For reasons he can't explain-guilt? Pity? The way she hides tears over late-night work calls?-Yang Chen agrees to a marriage of convenience.