When I Look at You, I See the Light

[Age gap / male lead schemes to win her over / years-long secret crush / fake relationship turns real]

[Powerful, influential capital big shot × struggling underdog]

A sudden disaster: her cheating ex-boyfriend blocks her way and smugly asks if she still has feelings for him.

Annoyed, Xi Qiao grabs the man beside her. “Let me introduce you. This is my husband.”

But after the act is over and she’s apologized, the man she grabbed takes out his phone.

He glances at the calendar and says unhurriedly, “Tomorrow looks like a good day.”

*

Xi Qiao has never understood what Pei Yan sees in her.

They had no emotional foundation, and even their marriage felt like a game.

But he treats her wonderfully, standing up for her and helping her plan her next move. No one has ever been as good to her as he is.

Until she hears that, when he was younger, he had a first love whose face looked a little like hers.

So after a few drinks, she cries and says she doesn’t want to be someone else’s substitute.

She never expected him to hold her close and kiss her eyes, his voice impossibly gentle. “There was no one else. It’s always been you.”