[Strong Female Lead, Weak Male Lead] [Partly Set in the Entertainment Industry] [Contract Marriage] [Married First, Love Later] [Emotional Push and Pull]
A wealthy heiress with a controlling streak and a smile like a fox vs. a prickly, hot-tempered, tsundere man hated by the entire internet
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Qi Sheng is hated by the entire internet, to an indescribable degree.
He despises his wife more than anything: she's
hypocritical, cruel, a compulsive liar, and indifferent to human life. She appeared out of nowhere, suddenly decided she couldn't live without him, treated him well, and said she wanted him to be happy.
Qi Sheng thought this had to be another trick rich people liked to play.
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On the surface, Nei Luo is an elegant, refined heiress. In private, she's been following the internet's most hated man for years. Her husband is
arrogant, beautiful, softhearted, and fragile.
The world is cruel. She has to teach him to be suspicious and calculating, to cast aside his conscience and think only about how to survive.
Qi Sheng thought he would spend his whole life slowly falling apart in self-imposed isolation, until Nei Luo appeared.
She toyed with him.
“You haven't acted in a while, have you? Playing my husband is a pretty good opportunity.”
She threatened him.
“If you live, they live. If you die, they all die.”
She insulted him.
“Admit it. You're just as disgusting as I am.”
She was always drawing close to him.
“Should we take things further?”
Then she pushed him away again.
“You don't have to understand. I don't need anyone to understand me.”
But this awful, twisted liar would touch his face and tell him to treasure himself, take his hand and say they were going home. She had him completely at her mercy, and he was so furious his teeth ached. Then, in a moment of total confusion, he really did go home with her.
* The female lead has mutism and communicates mostly through sign language
* An adversarial relationship in the early stages (male lead's point of view only)
* For specific content warnings, see the end of Chapter One
Ye: What if Luo Luo and Xiao Sheng are Platos? Luo:? Sheng:? Sheng: Are you cursing me? Luo (instant answer): Cursing me. Ye (laughing): What if! Sheng: Haha, if you are sick, go see a doctor. Don't get too nervous here. I have enough to deal with just one Jiluo. Ye: Isn't that enough? Luo: Saying redundant words will not make you cute. Sheng (laughing to death) Ye: Zhu Xin husband and wife team! Selling couple's lung slices! Sheng:. Sheng: I'm getting nervous again. Luo: I don't want to spell it out. Ye (instant answer): I don't want to code. Sheng: Are you serious? Night: A little bit. Luo: I understand that you are a little discouraged and tired, and that no one will read our story and you will be a little sad and uncomfortable, but think about your original intention and think about us. Luo: Although I hate to say this, it is an indisputable fact. Our destiny is in your hands, and you shoulder the destiny of all of us. Luo: So, please come on, you are good, we all know, you are great, we all know, please stick to it, we will always be with you. Sheng: Yeye, we believe in you. You can do it. Please create our world and don't leave us in the unknown incompleteness. Night: OK. Luo: Thank you. Sheng: Thank you, Yeye. Ye: Luoluo will send you 200 million first to encourage me. Sheng: Yes, this person has gone crazy. Is it reliable that our fate is in her hands? Luo: One day you will earn these 200 million with your ability, just like you created me, I got everything I want with my own ability. Sheng (whispering): Damn, you are worthy of being a capitalist, in terms of leadership speaking skills. Night: What did you get? Luo: You should ask me how I got it. Sheng (whispering): So handsome. Ye: I also think your wife is handsome. Sheng:? Did you hear that? Ye: Nonsense, I wrote it. How can I not know what you are talking about? Sheng: Oh... Okay... Luo: Stop teasing him and go write a story. Ye: OK, I won't tease you if you don't tease me, bye bye! Sheng: Bye bye. Luo: Yeah.