[Beautiful, powerful, and tragic heroine + 15-year age gap + contrasting personalities + groveling pursuit + workplace and business rivalries + domineering CEO + strong female lead + sweet romance + child before love + a 25-year time span + art + fashion + business battles + modern workplace + satisfying wish fulfillment + unwavering devotion + bitter before sweet]
An unexpected encounter on a rainy night binds Lu Chenzhou, the cold and aloof president of the Lu Group, to Lin Wu, an artist struggling to make ends meet.
One is a man constrained by family interests and an arranged marriage.
The other is an artist fighting her way up from the bottom while holding fast to her dreams.
She is drawn into the Lu family’s tangled conflicts and business conspiracies.
As they test and clash with each other, they gradually find themselves drawn together,
igniting a dangerous, passionate attraction.
Family feuds among the wealthy, marriages of convenience, secrets from the previous generation, and one conspiracy after another
continually put their relationship to the test.
Lin Wu must face not only the torment of Lu’s fiancée
and the Lu family’s opposition, but also the truth about her own origins.
Lu Chenzhou, meanwhile, agonizes over the conflict between family duty and personal feelings.
To protect the woman he loves, he is willing to stand against his family and his business rivals.
A second male lead quietly watches over her, and as the truth is gradually revealed,
the previous generation’s grudges intertwine with the next generation’s fate.
Everyone must choose between love and hate, holding on and letting go, redemption and ruin.
In the end, can they break through all the obstacles in their way?
Great storyline
A very excellent novel