Salty, Sweet, or With a Splash of Vinegar

Liu Yuyao walks away from her marriage with nothing, believing it will give her son a peaceful life.

But her ex-husband, Zhang Guangguang, drugs their son and uses the child’s life to force her to remarry him.

When she has nowhere left to turn, Shen Jin, the Shen Group’s CEO, a man whose name strikes terror into everyone, kneels before her. His eyes brim with possessiveness and hurt. “Sis, please don’t send me away, okay? I’m begging you!”

To everyone else, he’s ruthless, sinister, and dangerously obsessive. But for her, he’ll grant any request.

Though he can do anything, he deliberately gets himself hurt just so she’ll worry and put medicine on his wounds.

He pretends to be asleep so that when she cautiously tries to slip her hand away, he can pull her tight against him.

Later, when her ex-husband lands in prison, Liu Yuyao looks at the man pretending to be pitiful and finally realizes, “Have you been playing me this whole time?”

Shen Jin curls his lips and pins her against the wall, triumph simmering in his eyes. “I only meant to bring you some candy, but somehow…I ended up giving you my whole self, heart and all.”