(Two equally powerful heirs to elite families + heroine is a psychology PhD, morally ambiguous + unhinged hero + he forces her to marry him after she breaks off their engagement + Marriage Before Love + revenge + unrequited love + both leads are romantically inexperienced)
Lin Nanqiao: “Every time you fall for me, it’s all part of my plan. So, Pei Yanchuan, I’m warning you: don’t fall in love with me.”
Pei Yanchuan: “Too late. I’m already beyond saving.”
Lin Nanqiao: “Pei Yanchuan, I only want half your affection. Half is enough for me to use. Any more, and I won’t be able to pull away.”
Pei Yanchuan: “Too late. I’m hopelessly in love.”
At twenty-six, Lin Nanqiao earned her PhD from one of the world’s top universities. But on the cruise ship taking her back to China, disaster struck. Her grandfather and parents were killed by assassins, while she and her younger brother were pushed into the sea by their mother at the last moment. Just as she thought she would perish beneath the waves, a man rescued her, imprisoned her, and told her he was her fiancé. But Lin Nanqiao had no memory of ever having a fiancé.
To save the Lin family and find her missing younger brother, Lin Nanqiao had no choice but to become the power behind the Lin family. Facing the man who was closing in on her step by step, she said:
“I can agree to marry you, but I have one condition.”
The man’s lips curled into a confident smile. “Let’s hear it.”
“I want to use the Pei family’s influence.”
“Fine, but I have a condition too.”
“Let’s hear it.”
“We have to be a real married couple.”
After marrying Lin Nanqiao, Pei Yanchuan kept warning himself not to give himself away, not to hand Lin Nanqiao any leverage, and above all, not to actually fall in love with her.
If you love stories where a secret crush comes true, the lovestruck hero can’t let go, and a few well-placed schemes come into play, this is the one for you.
