The marriage agreement between Jing City's top tycoon family, the Fu family, and the fallen Cheng family had been put on hold for twenty years.
Eight years ago, Cheng Ruyue's father, Cheng Yuanshan, died in a car accident, and her mother, Zhou Wanning, was killed alongside him. The accident was ruled a case of brake failure. Sixteen-year-old Cheng Ruyue was left with only her grandfather, Cheng Shouyi. Eight years later, as her grandfather lay gravely ill, the Fu family suddenly brought up the marriage agreement again. Fu Yanzhi, head of Fu Group, was willing to marry her.
Cheng Ruyue didn't believe he was doing it out of nostalgia. What kind of family was the Fu family? The wealthiest in Jing City, they stood at the pinnacle of power and fortune. Her father's death had been suspicious. She had spent eight years investigating it and found nothing. Yet at their very first meeting, Fu Yanzhi told her, “I'll help you find out what happened in your father's case.”
And he kept his word.
A seemingly cold marriage alliance between two powerful families would uncover two murders buried for twelve years. Fu Yanzhi's mother, Su Wanning, had taken her own life with an overdose twelve years ago. Everyone called it suicide, but he never believed it. Three days before the incident that took Cheng Yuanshan's life, he sent a text to Su Wanning's old phone. He had discovered shocking fraud by Fang Group involving a plot of land in Nancheng. Su Wanning had been driven to her death over the same evidence. Cheng Yuanshan picked up where she had left off, and paid for it with his life.
Two lives, one killer: Fang Jingtong, chairman of the Jing City Chamber of Commerce.
Fu Yanzhi had waited twelve years, from the age of fourteen to thirty-three, from a penniless boy to the man in control of Fu Group. It wasn't evidence he lacked. He had obtained the videos of Fang Jingtong driving his mother to her death, and of Cheng Yuanshan being held captive and interrogated, one tape at a time. What he lacked was someone willing to stand by his side.
Cheng Ruyue stood by his side.
One should be kind and righteous.