[The second male lead takes the throne + marriage first, love later + long-planned scheme + wealthy CEO + sweet romance + both leads are each other’s first and only + one-on-one romance]
[Gentle beauty in a qipao vs. buttoned-up, abstinent CEO]
Lin Xi discovers that her boyfriend of one year had only been dating her on a bet. Then her biological father uses her as a bargaining chip in a business marriage alliance.
Heartbroken, she agrees to the marriage her father arranged.
“Mr. Fu, let’s get married by contract. We each get what we need. You help me take back what’s mine, and I’ll help you deal with your family.”
She thinks it’s nothing more than a cold transaction.
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Fu Chenzhou is the unquestioned head of the Fu family, meticulous, old-fashioned, and a lifelong stickler for rules.
No one knows that he has kept a moonlight in his heart, watching her from afar for seven whole years.
When he learns she has been betrayed and treated as a bargaining chip by her family, he personally sets every “coincidence” in motion.
He sees this marriage as the only rule-breaking adventure of his life, and as the culmination of a plan he has been laying for years.
[What she thinks are coincidences are all part of his careful plan.]
[Marriage first, love later from her perspective; secret love finally fulfilled from his.]
