Shen Tinglan is the unquestioned head of the Shen family, wielding its business empire and winning every battle with ruthless decisiveness.
Yet her good-for-nothing brother, Shen Xingchi, clung to her leg and wailed, "That Su Wantang is my dream girl! You have to help me win her over!"
"Brother, don't you know? Su Wantang is known as a perfect match with that guy from the Lu family. They've been childhood sweethearts, too!"
"I don't care! I'm your real brother. You have to help me!"
"Fine. I'll think of something."
After that, she used business deals as an excuse to keep showing up wherever Lu Guanchao went. She engineered chance encounters and sowed discord, determined to help her brother steal away his childhood sweetheart.
Lu Guanchao was remarkably good-natured about it, even actively playing along. Behind the scenes, though, he learned every last one of her preferences: how sweet she liked her coffee, the way she sat during meetings, even the shell engraved with her name that she had secretly hidden at the old family home as a child.
One day, as Shen Tinglan plotted her next scheme to break them up, Lu Guanchao cornered her on a terrace. His warm breath brushed her ear. "Tinglan, I've been chasing you for so long. At last, you've come to me yourself."
Shen Tinglan: ???
But the biggest shock was yet to come.
Her hopeless brother was hiding behind a pillar, holding up his phone and giving Lu Guanchao an OK sign. "Remember to transfer the money, Mr. Lu!" he muttered.
Shen Tinglan finally understood. So she was the one who'd been played all along!
