The Substitute Painter

Ella, a talented cold-spirited painter, is forced by her adoptive parents the Graysons to replace their biological daughter. She signs a contractual marriage with Luca, the powerful ruler of Valeri Group, to save the bankrupt Grayson family. Setting free art creation as her bottom line, Ella moves into Valeri Manor, and gradually finds her pearl earrings hold core clues to her parents’ fatal mysterious car accident years ago. Luca has noticed Ella long before because of the unique earrings. He protects her silently and steadily. The two team up to investigate the truth, confirming Marcus, leader of Columbo Group, masterminds the accident. The Graysons cover up the truth knowingly, while their daughter Sophia acts as Marcus’s coerced pawn. They uncover the secret cross-border joint trust of their parents’ generation, and crush all plots of Marcus and Camilla to seize the trust assets. After fierce commercial games and fair arbitration, all criminals are sanctioned. The transactional marriage turns into sincere love. The two sign an equal romantic contract without any interest restraints. As all disputes settle, an anonymous overseas confidential letter emerges, foreshadowing a new round of cross-border capital crises.