[#Two Strong Leads in a Battle of Wits #White Moonlight #Charged Push and Pull #Marriage Alliance Between Powerful Families]
[Black-Bellied Heroine X Charming, Cold-Hearted Pretend Playboy Hero, SC]
Su Wanqing is the white moonlight in everyone's heart. Born into a prominent family and stunningly beautiful, she hides a clever, clear-eyed soul that trusts no one beneath her gentle facade.
When her enemies scheme against the Su family, bringing it to the brink of collapse, she resolutely puts herself forward as the most beautiful bargaining chip in a marriage alliance.
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She chooses Fu Huai, the most charming and cold-hearted business tycoon around. She makes her move with subtlety, testing him with her words:
“I've heard Mr. Fu has an exceptional eye and is especially good at investing in projects. Would you be interested in this one?”
He leans close, his breath scorching: “That depends on whether the project's ‘potential returns’ are worth me... getting personally involved.”
A secret contest, understood by them both, begins.
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She lays out a gentle chess game and lures him in; he goes along with it and reaps the rewards. Each gets what they need.
She calmly dismantles their enemies, while he swallows up their rivals' interests.
A perfect partnership, with neither owing the other anything.
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With the crisis resolved, she tries to leave. “Mr. Fu, we're even.”
But he pulls her back, fire burning in his eyes. “Even? The game is halfway through. I never quit halfway.”
He refuses to let things end and forcefully extends the game. As their feigned tenderness grows more intimate, both hearts gradually fall. Just as she is about to let down her guard, the childhood friend who taught her every trick in the book suddenly returns...
Fu Huai completely loses control and traps her in his arms, his voice hoarse with despair. “Su Wanqing, you want to go to him? Only over my dead body!”
