Clear as the Morning Mist

Name: Clear as the Morning Mist
Author: Lu Xingyu

朝雾至清

by Lu Xingyu (鹿星鱼)

Status: Completed
Length: 286k Words
Genre: Modern Romance
Subgenre: Billionaire CEO
Updated: 4mo ago
English: Request a translation

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Synopsis

A marriage first, love later + older man + slow-burn romance + a cold-faced, doting male lead

A hugely ambitious superstar × a powerful man whose influence runs deep and quiet

[At first, he is only physically attracted to her]

A marriage contract binds Lin Chaowu and Zhou Zhiqing together.

He is the cold, inscrutable head of the powerful Zhou family. At first, he is only physically attracted to her; he does not love her, but he spoils her to an extraordinary degree.

She is a top-tier star, a hugely ambitious actress who has taken the internet by storm. She is focused on her career and, like him, doesn't take their marriage seriously.

When they first meet, Zhou Zhiqing says:

“I may not be able to give you love.”

“But you can make use of me, even if we don't love each other.”

Six months into their marriage:

Zhou Zhiqing: “Xiao Wu, when are you going to get a little more lovestruck?”

Lin Chaowu: “...Weren't you the one who said you couldn't give me love?”

Zhou Zhiqing: “What I said back then was ‘may not.’ May is an uncertain word. It means I might fall in love with you.”

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132Chapters

3.7kReads · 30 days

71.9kReads · all time

333Shelf adds, last 14 days

6.8Score

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