Beyond the Price, Beneath the Heartbeat

Beyond the Price, Beneath the Heartbeat Plot:

Top M&A negotiator Shi Yan has never lost a deal—her world runs on numbers, not emotions. That changes when she’s assigned to acquire an old downtown workshop, where she meets Lu Shen, a craftsman who refuses to sell. This man who faces down demolition crews will squat to feed strays, stay up three nights fixing an old chair, and even toss her contract into a pool: “Money can’t buy the smell of my mom’s studio.” For the first time, Shi Yan’s calculating heart races for someone who “doesn’t play by the price.” But when her firm gives an ultimatum and Lu Shen’s workshop is reported for fire code violations, she must choose: return to being the “emotionless deal machine,” or stand with him to protect something more precious than any price tag?