A Marriage of Deception, a Love That Lasts: The Tycoon Heir Willingly Takes the Bait

[Marriage Before Love + Love Grows Over Time + Restrained Older Man + Mutual Salvation + Gentle, Everyday Romance]

[Deaf and Mute, Beautiful Little Flower Shop Owner X Stern, Old-Fashioned Husband]

The mysterious second son of the wealthy Fu family of Jingbei returns to China and marries while disguised as an ordinary man.

His new bride is a sweet, obedient girl, a vulnerable deaf-mute who doesn’t love him.

Their marriage is a deal in which each gets what they need. After the wedding, they treat each other with courteous respect.

The calm, self-controlled Second Young Master Fu repeatedly declares in public that he won’t fall in love.

His young wife is beautiful and has no shortage of suitors. He respects her choices.

His affectionate wife has an ex who still won’t let go, and whom she almost married. He understands.

When he unexpectedly learns that his wife likes rich men, he begins to feel relieved.

As his identity is gradually exposed, he grows greedy and asks his wife for her love.

His obedient wife hands him a divorce agreement, and he completely loses control.

Everyone thinks Chu Song is pitiful, deceived by the man at her side and trapped in an unequal marriage.

Second Young Master Fu is cold and heartless, free to leave whenever he likes. Once he’s had his fun, he can simply throw her away.

He remains a snow-capped mountain, untouched by the world.

What no one knows is that the marriage was a trap set by Chu Song, and Second Young Master Fu was the bait who willingly took it.

Marrying an ordinary man to reclaim her mother’s keepsake was only a way to use him.

After the wedding, she fulfilled her duties as a wife.

Before their one-year agreement was up, she wanted a divorce.

The man agreed on one condition: she had to leave him her cat. He was betting she couldn’t bear to part with it.

She left the cat behind. Whenever he got drunk, he would hold it with red-rimmed eyes, sit on the rug she liked, and ask softly if it missed its mother.

The little cat grew listless and forlorn. It missed him, too.

*

Snow fell thick and fast on a winter night.

Second Young Master Fu, immaculate in his suit, knelt to take off the sulking girl’s shoes, then tucked her feet into his arms, warming them with aching tenderness.

The girl’s nose was red as she bowed her head. Her hair was disheveled, and her features were dazzlingly beautiful.

Her petite figure was completely swallowed by an obviously oversized black coat, with the curve of her belly just visible.