[Both leads are romantically inexperienced + green-tea male lead rises to the top + ex-husband gets his wife back only after suffering]
An Tang used to think Gu Sheng was cold and taciturn by nature. It wasn’t until after they married that she realized he was only that way with her.
When she was seven, An Tang fell into a pond and Gu Sheng rescued her. That one glance would cost her her heart and three years of her life.
Only when he appeared at her birthday banquet with his childhood sweetheart, surrounded by the media, and flung a cold divorce petition in her face did she realize that all her devotion and waiting had been one enormous joke.
The next day, her heart dead, she signed the papers, packed her things, removed her wedding ring, and prepared to leave. When she opened the door, she found Shi Yichen suddenly dropping to one knee outside. He took her hand and slipped an even more luxurious, expensive diamond ring onto her finger. A gentle kiss landed on the back of her hand, and he asked in a rich, tender voice, “Do you know how long I’ve been waiting for this moment?”
The next day, news that Mr. Gu’s ex-wife and Second Young Master Shi had gotten engaged at lightning speed shot straight to the top of the trending charts. The engagement ceremony was livestreamed nationwide.
Gu Sheng had prepared an early-morning remote meeting. He casually opened the digital invitation, and the man who had always treated An Tang like she wasn’t there threw his laptop more than two meters away.
At the engagement banquet, Gu Sheng gritted his teeth and sneered, “I didn’t know Second Young Master Shi was into picking up someone else’s leftovers. You certainly have unusual tastes.”
Shi Yichen wrapped his arms around her waist from behind, smiling warmly. “That’s not something an ex-husband in the same position as me should say. Do mind your manners and keep your distance. Stay away from my fiancée. Your nasty mouth is lowering the tone, isn’t it, darling?”
[Aloof, sickly, socially awkward beauty x deceptively sweet, flirtatious romantic]
