Marry Him in Her Place Picture this: the lavish wedding of the year in old Shanghai, where stunning heiress Liang Yi ties the knot with her charming groom under a canopy of silk lanterns and jasmine blooms. She's the picture of joy, heir to a fortune that could buy half the city, dreaming of a life wrapped in luxury and love. But as the moon rises on their wedding night, betrayal crashes in like a storm. Her husband, that snake in silk robes, reveals his true colors—jealous of her wealth, in league with rivals who want her empire crushed. He slashes her face with a blade, leaving jagged scars that twist her beauty into horror, then drags her broken body to the riverbank and hurls her into the murky waters to drown. Miraculously, she washes up alive, fished out by a shadowy surgeon with a knack for second chances. He rebuilds her from the wreckage—new cheekbones sharp as daggers, eyes that smolder with secrets, lips curved in a perpetual half-smile. No longer Liang Yi, she steps into the skin of Xu Yin, the infamous courtesan whose name whispers through smoky opium dens and back-alley gambling halls. With every sway of her hips and flutter of her fan, she weaves her way into the heart of the underworld, zeroing in on Lin Yun, the ruthless gang leader whose iron grip chokes the city's shadows. Lin Yun's no easy mark—tall, scarred from street fights, with a laugh like gravel and eyes that see through lies. But Xu Yin plays her part masterfully, trading sultry dances and whispered promises for his trust, inching closer to the web of power that ensnared her old life. Her husband's still out there, fat and smug in her stolen fortune, but so are the puppeteers who pulled his strings. Revenge simmers in her veins like poison wine. She'll seduce, scheme, and strike—marrying him in her place if that's what it takes to watch them all burn. In this game of masks and blades, Xu Yin holds the winning hand, and the river that nearly claimed her will run red before she's done.