A Newlywed Scandal: The Capital’s Big Shot Has Been Plotting for a Long Time

[Marriage before love / older man / male lead has been plotting for a long time / extremely possessive / instinctive attraction] Radiant, spoiled beauty × obsessive, devoted Beijing big shot At her graduation party, Gu Ningxi accidentally drinks a spiked drink and spends a reckless night with Shen Mojin, her fiancé’s uncle. A little over a month later, her pregnancy symptoms become obvious. The Shen and Gu families sit down to talk, and the two hurriedly register their marriage. Gu Ningxi loses her fiancé, Shen Mojin loses his fiancée. Now they’re even. After the wedding, a checkup shows that Gu Ningxi isn’t pregnant after all. The pregnancy was just a false alarm. Gu Ningxi wants a divorce. She assumes this is what they both want, but Shen Mojin says coldly that divorce is out of the question. * Gu Ningxi: Uncle, I’m not pregnant. Let’s get a divorce. Shen Mojin: Now that we’re married, I never intended to get divorced. Gu Ningxi, confused: Why? Don’t tell me you’ve fallen in love with me? Shen Mojin scoffs: Being married benefits my public image. As for who I married, that’s irrelevant. … Later, the love diary written by Gu Ningxi’s ex-fiancé is dug up and shoots to the top of the trending topics on Weibo. The whole internet is shipping them like crazy, begging President Shen to be magnanimous, divorce Gu Ningxi, and let the star-crossed lovers get back together. After all, everyone knows the two have no feelings for each other. They were forced into marriage and are just making do. Consumed by jealousy, Shen Mojin pays to take down the trending topic and bribes marketing accounts to praise him and his wife as a match made in heaven… That night, he tries his hardest to please her, then begs her with reddened eyes to post a clarification on Weibo… (Content warning: The male lead is mildly coercive early on.)