The Deceptive Ruler's Rise to Power

Workplace romance + married first, love later + rekindled romance + family Blurb 1: Wen Qinglan has a secret marriage with someone she both loves and loathes. It feels like eating cream mixed with chili peppers. Even after spitting out the cream, that strange taste stays etched in her mind. One day, Fu Yuxiu suggests, “Why don't we make our fake relationship real?” Wen Qinglan thinks to herself: The chili-pepper cream has finally caught on! Blurb 2: To avoid being laid off, Wen Qinglan, usually an honest, unassuming person, starts to play the pig to eat the tiger, leaving several of her bosses completely bewildered. Her joy lasts less than a day before a real tiger corners her in the stairwell. Fu Yuxiu, the company's president, looks at the trembling young woman with an almost-smile. “How come I never heard that I have a fiancée?” Wen Qinglan forces a smile and meekly corrects him: “That's just a rumor! I never said that.” Heavens knew they were actually married!