My Parents Fear I’ll Get Hurt, So They Bring Me a Sweet Childhood Friend

[Period Setting + Romance + Entrepreneurship + Face-Slapping + No System + One Female Lead]

You think spending six years as a lovesick doormat, only to watch your crush choose the guy who appeared out of nowhere, makes you the most miserable person in the world?

Someone else’s father’s business failed, and he jumped to his death. Her stepmother took the inheritance and left for faraway places, leaving her to shoulder a mountain of debt alone. She should have been able to pay it all off and enjoy life, but with terminal stomach cancer, even as she lay dying, she was still trying to encourage Xia Yang to get back on his feet.

At that moment, Xia Yang gazed at his childhood sweetheart’s radiant smile and regretted not waking up sooner...

Back in his school days, he swore that no matter how fierce the wind or rain, he would shelter her from it all!

He never expected his parents to make the first move and bring his childhood sweetheart home.

His parents: (How do we hide the fact that Xiao Chan’s family has gone bankrupt? If we can just get them into bed together, Xia Yang will have to marry her.)

Xia Yang: Let me make this clear. I’m not after her petite, adorable figure, her beautiful legs, or her soft, jade-like skin. I just want her to be drowning in debt, so she can motivate me to climb the Forbes list one step at a time!

His parents: ???

Su Xiaoying: Xia Yang, I have a boyfriend now, but that doesn’t mean you can’t treat me like you used to!

Xia Yang: No way!

Su Xiaoying: Xia Yang, do you not even want to be friends with me anymore? If you don’t apologize, I’m never speaking to you again.

Xia Yang: Double joy! It’s a deal!

Su Xiaoying: Xia Yang, I was wrong. I just realized you’re better than my ex-boyfriend. Let’s make up. I like you!

Nestled in Xia Yang’s arms, Jiang Jiechan’s cheeks flushed as she spoke into the phone in a soft, sweet voice: “Thanks for leaving him. He really is wonderful, in every way!”