Shen Shuyu, a silver-tongued con artist who charms nobles out of their fortunes, picks the wrong mark—Fu Zhuozhi, the empire’s most feared general, who hunts traitors with cold precision. When she’s caught, he offers a lethal deal: become his fake fiancée to infiltrate the underworld, or face execution. But as lies tangle with half-truths, the real deception might be the way his calloused hands linger on her waist… and how her treacherous heart no longer wants to run.