Italophilia

I'm not sure if other versions include their blind date, but here's the one I saw: https://youtu.be/5x0-jnbBAtA?si=imLJ-RL3vKAAmRVf which made the beginning a little confusing. From my understanding, ML pays her 3 million yuan for 3 months of marriage. She agrees in order to pay off her brother's gambling debts. Their agreement includes stipulations, which require penalties, extending the marriage by a month each time she breaks one. This backfires on him later.

He had approached her in such a underhanded way and often bullied her to get his way. I was not his biggest fan, so I'm glad he eventually started to change a little and became more honest. I think, because he approached her dishonestly, he projected negative attributes to her, that she's just money-hungry. It's true that she was desperate to help her brother, but she wanted to work for herself afterwards, never expecting to spend his money. After she had fallen for him and they slept together, he transferred 1 million yuan to her account as compensation. It was not something she asked for or expected. I felt like he did it to slap her in the face. Even though it was a HEA, there were so many problematic messages and actions throughout. And that family beating was extreme.