Why Is Mrs. Ji So Hard to Woo?

[Powerful Family CEO + Marriage First, Love Later + Intense Push and Pull + Daily Life in a Powerful Family + Happy Ending]

"From the hero’s perspective, it’s a long-planned marriage that turns into love. From the heroine’s perspective, it’s love at first sight, but she has no choice but to keep her distance."

Also known as: Why Is It So Hard to Win Over Mrs. Ji?

"Adult love is full of calculation. The back-and-forth may be captivating, but what moves us most is always that innocent heart that never sinks while struggling through a swamp of scheming. And you, so high above the world, are you willing to step down from your pedestal, bow your head, and humbly pursue a sincere heart that could become your weakness?"

Four years ago, with nowhere else to turn, Lin Zhen approached Ji Xuqing to secure her future. They became a couple on paper: he would help her get onto the right path, and she would play along in front of his father, who was in the late stages of cancer.

Less than six months after their wedding, her father-in-law passed away. She also got back her chance to study abroad and left the country to continue her education.

After that, she and Ji Xuqing kept out of each other’s way, living in peace year after year.

Four years later, with her future secured, Lin Zhen asked Ji Xuqing for a divorce without hesitation.

Four years ago, when Lin Zhen proposed to him, Ji Xuqing’s first words were: “Is your future so important that you’d sell yourself to a man you’ve only met twice?”

Four years later, when Lin Zhen returned to China specifically to divorce him, Mr. Ji’s answer had changed to: “Anything but a divorce is negotiable.”

Pianist X Ambitious schemer

One is clever, fair, and not sweet (she’s pretending)

One is level-headed, far-sighted, disciplined, and proper (though he’s secretly gone mad trying to win his wife back)