[A fiery Sichuan-Chongqing girl and a master of over-the-top flattery vs. an icy client and a CEO whose mouth says no while his heart says yes]
[Powerful CEO + devoted to each other + sweet romance + marriage before love + the CEO's budget for winning his wife back is way over the limit]
The thing Xia Tao regrets most in her life is letting her mother force her to make a “can't-be-bothered” dating profile and post it at the matchmaking corner in People's Park.
The most ridiculous decision Lu Zheng ever made was allowing his best friend to bring him a dating profile from that famous matchmaking corner.
The woman's photo was a hastily snapped close-up, and her self-introduction was so blunt it was startling: “I'm busy with work and don't want to date. My mom insisted I come. Passing aunties and uncles, please just leave me alone.”
As it happens, Lu Zheng is being driven to distraction by his family's efforts to arrange a marriage for him. And as it happens, he discovers that the subcontractor who showers him with extravagant flattery is none other than the woman from the dating profile: Xia Tao!
He promptly suggests, “How about we make a deal? You help me fend off the arranged marriage, and I'll help you deal with your family's nagging.”
And so, with one contract, she becomes Mrs. Lu.
But after the wedding...
Xia Tao: “I thought we agreed this was a contract marriage?”
Lu Zheng pins her against the wall. Beneath his usually cool eyes, something stirs, and his voice turns hoarse. “Taotao, this is a marital duty...”
Xia Tao's heart races. “Mr. Lu, this... this wasn't in the budget!”
The man chuckles. “That's fine. I'll approve the extra spending.”
