A stoic, domineering CEO + a romance of misunderstandings and heartbreak + a groveling pursuit + hardship gives way to happiness
Everyone calls Lu Zeyan heartless.
He is a powerful figure at the top of Beijing’s elite, yet he keeps the fallen heiress Su Qingyan imprisoned at his side,
subjecting her to the silent treatment, forcing her to leave, and saying the cruelest things to her in public,
driving her to lose their child, give up hope, and write a tearful farewell letter:
“Mr. Lu, may we never meet again in our next lives.”
No one knows that all his cruelty is an act.
Ten years ago, the Su family was falsely accused. Her father died tragically.
He was not yet strong enough. His enemies were too powerful, the situation too dangerous.
He didn’t dare love her or protect her. All he could do was use “hatred” as a shield and “hurt” as a disguise,
pushing her away with his own hands while secretly investigating the truth alone.
He endured humiliation and planned his every move,
hurting her even as he fought with all his might to clear her father’s name,
pushing her away even as he shielded her from every open and hidden attack.
By the time he finally had the truth in hand and cleared the Su family’s name,
the woman he had so cruelly pushed away had already left for a distant land without a trace.
What good is ruling the world?
All he has left is endless regret and a groveling pursuit of his wife that is doomed to leave him humbled.
When they meet again, she is cold and distant. “Mr. Lu, please mind your manners.”
His eyes red, he pleads in a low voice, “Qingyan, I was wrong. Please hear me out.”
He no longer hides his edge or holds back,
laying bare before her ten years of devotion, ten years of heartache, and ten years of staking everything on her.
From resisting, disbelieving, and refusing to look back,
to gradually seeing the devotion he had hidden beneath his coldness
