Marriage Before Love + A groveling ex who gets no second chance + Sweet everyday romance
A clear-headed woman vs. a restrained, reserved power player
Shen Nian was once the biggest joke in the capital.
For seven years, she threw herself at Lu Bojing, while everyone watched her humiliate herself.
Three years after she leaves the country, she attends an extravagant banquet for the city's elite.
The Zhou family has been distinguished for generations and wields tremendous influence.
And Zhou Hengxu, the Zhou family's heir who has never appeared in public, bends down before everyone to pick up her train and says gently:
“Allow me to introduce my wife, Shen Nian.”
Those who once looked down on her turn pale in an instant.
And Lu Bojing, who thought she would wait for him forever, finally spends a whole night kneeling outside her door, eyes red.
But she only leans by the window and asks with a soft laugh, as the man behind her wraps her gently in his arms,
“Mr. Zhou, I don't remember the agreement saying we had to act out this kind of scene?”
He pulls her close. His usually restrained voice sounds hoarse in her ear.
“That just changed. Clause three: everything Zhou Hengxu owns belongs to Shen Nian, including me.”
Later, a joint emergency relief briefing by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the World Health Organization is broadcast worldwide.
As the lead adviser for Side A, she speaks with composure and astonishes the world.
The camera pans to the audience...
The Zhou family heir, a young adviser with a sensitive position who has never appeared in the media, watches her intently and adjusts her microphone himself.
The internet erupts: “Who is this powerful man? That look is practically melting her!”
Later still, the man pins her against the door, his eyes red as he struggles to hold back. He kisses her shoulder blade and whispers in a hoarse, unsteady voice:
“The agreement is void. Shen Nian, I want to make our fake marriage real.”
Note: The setting is fictional.
