Heart-Pounding Seduction! The Proud Big Shot Has Been Plotting This for Ages

[Mutual Pining Turns Real + Married First, Love Later + Long-Laid Plans + Both Get What They Want]

Everyone said that with Chi Shuyao's family background, a match like this was the best she could hope for.

Her mother thought so too.

That was until her prospective match cheated on her, and Chi Shuyao decisively called it quits.

Everyone said she was foolish.

She'd never get another chance to marry into wealth and become a phoenix!

If a man cheats, just turn a blind eye and let it go! It's no big deal!

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Zhou Jin, the Zhou family's only son, was every bit the favored child of heaven.

Chi Shuyao and Zhou Jin were in the same high school class, and both had exceptionally good looks.

Back when everyone was young, gossipy, and loved pairing up classmates, no one ever matched the two of them together.

Because Chi Shuyao and Zhou Jin barely knew each other.

Later, when Chi Shuyao's mother pressured her to marry, Zhou Jin suddenly appeared in front of her. “Chi Shuyao, will you marry me?”

Chi Shuyao froze for a long moment. “Zhou Jin, we don't really know each other.”

“Is that so? We'll get to know each other once we're married, won't we?”

Zhou Jin smiled casually, just as carefree and unruly as he had been in high school.

A man like Zhou Jin, born with a silver spoon in his mouth, was fawned over wherever he went.

No one knew that his smooth-sailing life had held only one setback. In the dead of night, he would wake from dreams with red-rimmed eyes, full of resentment and loneliness.

When he was young and first fell for her, he took his first step forward, only to hear the girl he loved say, lightly and simply:

“Zhou Jin? I don't like him.”

Chi Shuyao's one offhand rejection kept Zhou Jin trapped in eight years of unrequited love.

After finally getting what he wanted, Zhou Jin would often hold Chi Shuyao tight, his voice dark and rough. “Why don't you like me?”

“What did I do wrong?”