[A sweet, soft-hearted heroine: a poor young Chinese medicine practitioner + a calculating male lead whose secret devotion becomes love + a second male lead who pursues his ex in vain and never wins her back]
When Zhen Gancao, dressed simply and wearing a confident, sunny smile, showed up at the entrance to Xingqiong University, Kyoto's most expensive private university, she caught Gu Tingchuan's attention. Eager to secure investment and grow her herbal medicine business, Zhen Gancao figured he came from a wealthy family and had the potential to be a client, so she earnestly started dating him.
She thought it would be a win-win romance: the prince falls for Cinderella, while Cinderella treats the prince like a client. But she never expected...
“Graduation is almost here, and your marriage alliance with the Shen family needs to be put on the agenda. What are you going to do about Zhen Gancao?”
“Keep it from her for now. Once I get her pregnant, a formal title won't matter.”
Zhen Gancao was devastated, as if struck by lightning. Xiao Lingyao, watching it all unfold, was just as shattered. She had fallen for Gu Tingchuan.
How could the sun he had so carefully protected become someone else's secret lover? He shot back, “I'll take responsibility for her.”
Gu Tingchuan gritted his teeth. “You? You'd have an even harder time giving her a proper status than I would.”
Xiao Lingyao: “A proper status? She can give me one.”
What he was really worried about was that Zhen Gancao would look down on him because he couldn't give her a child.
Zhen Gancao: “Who said you were infertile? You just have a cold constitution.”
Xiao Lingyao: “Baby, save me...”
Zhen Gancao's voice trembled, tears welling in the corners of her eyes. “You... you're... a liar...”
