Echoes of a Startling Tune

【He is the most dazzling opera star in Pingjing, yet in her family's eyes, he is nothing but a despicable performer.】 Lin Xingran, heiress of the Lin family and a new-school teacher, fell in love with just one person: Boss Liu, whose brilliance onstage was unparalleled. In these turbulent times, performers belonged to the lowest rung of society. Her father slapped her. “You can marry him over my dead body!” Outside the door, he was driven away with blows from clubs. That night, he wiped off his stage makeup and left her with a single promise: “Wait for me to come back and stand before you. This time, neither of us has to carry the other across the river. We'll cross it together and live the life we choose.” After that, the Pear Garden lost Boss Liu, while the business world gained a mysterious tycoon. He studied Western economics and founded a national factory, putting the cunning he had honed onstage to work in cutthroat business battles. Two years later, at a party atop the tallest building in Shencheng. She was being forced to get engaged to the son of a wealthy overseas-educated merchant, while her father toasted him obsequiously. The doors burst open. Arriving amid a crowd of admirers was none other than Mr. Liu, who controlled half the Jiangnan silk trade routes. He walked straight up to her terrified father and raised his glass with a smile. “Father-in-law, those blows you gave me back then hurt, but they also made me who I am today.” “Now I've come to marry your daughter, offering you a mountain of gold as the betrothal gift and a harbor as the wedding present.” “So, will you agree on your feet, or... on your knees?”