[Marriage Before Love / Two Strong Leads / Older, Fatherly Male Lead / Slow-Burn Romance / Devoted Couple]
[Frank, sharp-witted heiress vs. scheming, fatherly tycoon of Beijing’s wealthy circles]
Two people with no illusions about love enter an arranged marriage.
As the Pei family’s only daughter, everyone assumes Pei Zhi must be their little princess, showered with affection. Instead, she’s obsessed with research and interested only in piles of data.
As she approaches twenty-five without giving marriage a thought, her elders keep setting her up on dates. But Pei Zhi has high standards, and none of her suitors’ stats measure up.
One day, her grandfather presents her with a marriage contract and tells her that she was promised in marriage twenty years ago. Pei Zhi looks at the pristine contract, her mouth twitching slightly. With no other choice, she agrees to meet the man she was betrothed to as a child.
To her surprise, his stats meet all her requirements. After meeting just once, the two head straight to the civil affairs bureau to register their marriage.
As the head of Xinyi Group, Gu Yu cares more about tangible money than some intangible thing like love. He has just one requirement for his future wife: she must not be interested in him. Of all the women he’s been set up with, only Pei Zhi meets that condition.
They marry with the understanding that they’ll simply share a life together.
One day after their wedding, exhausted by a certain someone, Pei Zhi shouts in what she thinks is a fierce voice:
“Gu Yu! I want a divorce!”
Gu Yu chuckles and leans down to whisper in her ear. “Too late, darling.”
