Married First, Fell in Love Later: CEO Gu Falls Deeper at Every Turn

{Marriage first, love later + The powerful one bows his head + Face-slapping} Lin Wantang’s life took a turn at her college graduation ceremony. Amid the dazzling fireworks, a phone call shattered the joy of her boyfriend’s proposal. Her father had abandoned her and her mother years ago, climbed the social ladder, and made his fortune. Now, for the first time, he reached out to her, his daughter. But instead of expressing affection or remorse, he used her mother’s illness to blackmail Lin Wantang into becoming a stand-in for the Lin family’s eldest daughter and marrying Gu Yanci, heir to one of the most powerful families in the capital. The man was a commanding force in business, famous for being cold and chaste. He was the lofty ideal every woman in the capital could only aspire to, and a workaholic to boot. They agreed to keep out of each other’s way and treat one another with respect. Lin Wantang had also made a one-year agreement with her father. Whether or not the Lin family’s eldest daughter came back to fulfill her duties, Lin Wantang would be free to leave after a year. On their wedding night, he looked down at her coldly, complaining that her reaction was too subdued, like a dead fish. Later, the workaholic abandoned a contract worth over a hundred million yuan and chased after her by car as she finally claimed her “freedom.” “Lin Wantang, don’t you like me even a little?” Gu Yanci, who had always seen love as an obstacle, ultimately fell flat on his face in the very place he’d scorned.