[A CEO focused on making money × a love-struck, possessive heir × marriage before love × mutual pining comes true × one-on-one, both leads' first relationship]
Shen Zhaoxi and Xie Qihan, heirs to the two most powerful families in the capital, are widely recognized as sworn enemies. Their tangled rivalry goes way back: they were classmates from kindergarten through university. Competing for the top spot, they were at each other's throats, trading insults whenever they met. Once home, they would hit the books and study like mad, determined to beat the other on the next exam.
After joining their respective companies, they became business rivals too. They'd steal each other's clients or drown the other's money tree. Scenes like these were a regular occurrence.
Just as everyone was wondering if the two would fight for the rest of their lives, Shen Zhaoxi's maternal uncle siphoned off all the company's funds, sold its confidential information, and fled abroad.
To fill the financial hole, she was forced into an arranged marriage.
The battle between two people who could never share the same stage quietly came to an end.
She thought they would have nothing more to do with each other, but on the day of Shen Zhaoxi's wedding, Xie Qihan stormed in with a private video of the groom and his lover, successfully sabotaging the match.
The public assumed he did it to stop Shen Zhaoxi from making a comeback and to keep the Xie family firmly at the top.
Who could have guessed that two days later, they would post a photo of their marriage certificate on social media, turning from sworn enemies into a couple in name only?
Everyone knows they'll get divorced.
Shen Zhaoxi once said their marriage was “a mutually beneficial arrangement, with each of us getting what we want.”
But one day, a friend caught them holding hands and kissing passionately.
Later, someone found a letter he had written to her at their old high school.
It said: Can we stop being enemies and become a couple instead?
