[Powerful man bows his head + winning her back + clear-eyed songbird + mutual chastity]
When Wen Yi’s family fell into decline, crushing debts left her with nowhere to turn. Desperate, she attached herself to Fu Yanxiu, a man powerful enough to protect her.
Fu Yanxiu was pleased with her. She was docile and sensible, never using the media to claim a connection to him, and knew her place as his kept woman. Wen Yi understood her role, too, hiding every trace of her ambition and becoming the perfect dependent in his eyes.
That was until Fu Yanxiu’s first love returned. Wen Yi calmly asked to break up. Fu Yanxiu didn’t take her seriously, assuming she was just throwing a tantrum.
At a banquet, he happened to catch a glimpse of an intimate video Wen Yi had sent to someone else on her phone. Her smile was radiant, and she looked more alive than he had ever seen her.
Fu Yanxiu gripped his phone until his knuckles turned white, the air around him suddenly turning icy. “Wen Yi, I think we need to talk.”
“About what?”
“About dating.”
Later, everyone in the city of Jing knew that the Fu family’s young heir had a pampered songbird, and that he followed her around, serving tea and water.
