[Divorce + devoted second male lead takes the lead + ex-husband tries to win his wife back, but she never turns back + sweet romance + slow-burn love + six-year age gap]
[Gentle, aloof heiress × paternalistic powerhouse of the imperial capital's business world]
He Ying is the eldest daughter of the Sheng family, one of the imperial capital's most prominent clans. Yet three years ago, she fell deeply in love with Lu Wenyu, whose family had long since fallen from grace.
In the third year of their marriage, his first love got divorced, and he asked He Ying for a divorce too.
“I only married you back then to use the Sheng family as a ladder to success and save the Lu Group from ruin.”
Hearing him say those words with her own ears finally opened He Ying's eyes. In a marriage where she had given her whole heart, she had been used from beginning to end.
She took off her wedding ring on the spot and agreed to the divorce without a hint of protest.
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After the divorce, so many eligible young men from prominent families came to the Sheng residence to ask for her hand that they nearly wore out the doorstep.
Before long,
Fu Shen, head of the Fu family, announced a marriage alliance with the Sheng family.
Word had it that Young Master Fu had originally been the perfect match for Miss Sheng, an equal in status, and that he was now the most powerful man in the imperial capital.
As soon as the news broke, rumors started up again. Everyone said Fu Shen only wanted to have some fun with her. Why would the Fu family want a divorced woman?
So what if she was marrying again? In his eyes, she would always shine. His love meant making sure he was always one of her options, never forcing her to choose him.
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On the steps of the Civil Affairs Bureau,
her ex-husband, who had thought he had escaped an unhappy marriage, now stood there with red-rimmed eyes, pleading desperately: “Would you be willing to give me one more chance?”
He Ying gently took the arm of the refined, gentle man beside her. “For all the years ahead, I only want to be your wife.”
As long as it's the second male lead, I'll give it five stars.