[Marriage before love + long-planned romance + sweet and doting + contrasting personalities + devoted to each other alone]
[Gentle, devoted CEO & seemingly obedient, but clear-eyed and levelheaded]
On the day of the Meng family patriarch’s birthday, Meng Zhenyue is thrown out of her home by her biological father.
As she walks along the mountain road in the rain, a Rolls-Royce collides with her head-on.
A man in a black suit steps out.
His polished leather shoes splash through a puddle as he slowly approaches her.
The man tilts his black umbrella over her, then takes off his coat and drapes it over her shoulders.
“Don’t get soaked. You’ll catch a cold.”
Only the next day does Meng Zhenyue learn that he is the marriage partner chosen for her by their elders: Gu Yuanzhou, the disabled heir to an energy conglomerate, as the rumors call him.
*
When news of their arranged marriage comes out, everyone assumes it is a business deal. Gu Yuanzhou proves otherwise through his actions.
He not only attends all kinds of public forums and events with Meng Zhenyue, but never takes off his wedding ring.
When Meng Zhenyue turns down his kindness and retreats, he reminds her:
“We’re legally married. We’re going to spend our lives together.”
Gu Yuanzhou knows all too well how hard it was to go from secretly loving her for four years to reaching this point.
*
The net of revenge closes in. Having achieved her goal, Meng Zhenyue leaves behind their marriage contract and walks away.
Years later, when they meet again, she has become a renowned entrepreneur in the capital.
For the first time, Gu Wanzhou loses his composure in front of the media and pulls her into a corner.
He holds Meng Zhenyue tightly in his arms and pleads softly:
“Please don’t leave me again.”
