You Made a Political Marriage, I’m with the Capital’s Crown Prince. What Are You Regretting?

When Su Ran was twenty, her family went bankrupt. Her father jumped to his death, and her mother followed him. To pay off their debts, she sold herself to Gu Tingye, a powerful businessman in City A who was ten years her senior. Rumor had it he had no interest in women, yet he took her everywhere with him. He even set up a separate entertainment company dedicated to promoting her alone. Everyone thought they would get married. Even Su Ran believed it. Until she proposed to Gu Tingye in front of everyone at her concert. To please his fiancée, he pulled out a 30-million-yuan check and threw it at Su Ran in public. As if she were a beggar, he said, “Su Ran, the game's over. Did you really think I loved you?” Her career was destroyed overnight. Scandalous stories about her were everywhere. The next day, the news was filled with images of a spectacular wedding. Gu Tingye, head of the Lu Group in City A, and Yan Qingyu, an actress and heiress to the top Yan family of the capital's elite circle: a perfect match, made for each other. Su Ran was dragged across the trending topics as a humiliating comparison, but within minutes, all the scandals about her had vanished. Yan Huaijing, head of the Yan family and rumored to prefer men, brought his entire fortune and pinned a drunken Su Ran against the wall. “Yan Huaijing, male, 30, single. Three hundred villas around the world, one hundred luxury cars. Seventy percent of the Yan family's original shares, and your pick of any directing job. Marry me! How about it?” Su Ran, woozy and confused, agreed. Later, as Yan Huaijing prepared a grand proposal for her, Gu Tingye tearfully begged her not to say yes. Su Ran smiled down at him. “Mr. Gu, the game ended a long time ago. Now, please call me...” She enunciated each word: “Aunt...ie...”