A Heart Set on Marriage

Clearheaded and never groveling × powerful, scheming, and deeply devoted

[Reunion after a long separation + chasing his wife to the crematorium + faithful to each other, with a child + classic old-school romance]

To give her past self a grand farewell, Qiao Xi spent her first night with a man so handsome he seemed flawless.

The next morning, she quietly left, never to see him again…

Three years later, Qiao Xi was stunned to discover that Shen Ji, the “tyrant” everyone talked about and the most powerful man in a top-tier wealthy family, was the very man she had spent that night with.

Worse, Shen Ji had become her direct supervisor.

Shen Ji recognized Qiao Xi at a glance, but concealed it perfectly, leaving her to believe he hadn’t recognized her.

He made Qiao Xi a pawn in his revenge and even married her.

But as they spent more time together, he gradually realized that Qiao Xi was nothing like the deceitful, hypocritical woman he had imagined.

Because of her, his frozen heart grew warm, and the loneliness that had haunted him for so long began to lift.

Before he knew it, his feelings were drawing him toward her.

When the truth came out and the misunderstandings were cleared up, he decided to love Qiao Xi properly. But she asked for a divorce.

To win her back, he let go of his pride, his dignity, and every last boundary, relentlessly pursuing her.

Qiao Xi, already carrying his child, tried to escape him by lying: “Shen Ji, I’m getting remarried, and I have a child now. Don’t come looking for me again.”

But he held her tight and kissed her until she could barely breathe.

“Qiao Xi, then let me be your lover and your child’s father, okay?”

If the person he loved didn’t love him back, but he couldn’t live without her, then he would take a gamble.

He wouldn’t bet that she would love him. He would bet that he wouldn’t regret it.