The DramaNext guide
What Taking Love as A Contract is about
A struggling small-time actress Xia Tian assumes a wealthy heiress’s identity to save her grandmother’s home and help adopted heir Ji Chengxuan gain acceptance into the influential He family. Battling endless hurdles and unraveling a tangled web of lies, they safeguard their families and unexpectedly fall in love.
Shortmax released it as 114 bite-size episodes mixing billionaire, contract relationship and secret identity, made to watch on a phone in one sitting or a few.
Is it worth watching?
If you came for billionaire, the payoff is the hidden-wealth reveals and the people who misjudged the lead. On top of that: the moment a deal stops being just a deal.
At roughly 2–4 hours in total, it's quicker to finish than most full-length series.
How to watch it
Start from episode 1 below; autoplay takes you to the next episode when one ends, and nothing needs a sign-up.












