[Powerful man bows his head | Six-year age gap | Amnesia | Rekindled romance]
The year Shen Chujin turned twenty-three, disaster struck her family. All the families who had once been close to the Shens drew a clear line between them.
With nowhere else to turn, she received a phone call from someone.
That someone was Xi Yanjing, the illegitimate son of the Xi family. In just a few years, he had secured his position as head of the Xi Group, earning the wariness and respect of everyone around him.
Ruthless, merciless, and uninterested in women: that was how people in their circle described him.
Xi Yanjing demanded that Shen Chujin marry him, promising to help the Shen family through its crisis.
With no other choice, Shen Chujin agreed.
One night after their wedding, Xi Yanjing came home drunk. He buried his face in the crook of her neck and sobbed, “I was wrong. I won’t do that again. Please don’t leave me.”
Shen Chujin froze. Who was he talking about?
After that night, she deliberately kept her distance from Xi Yanjing. He pinned her to the bed, his eyes bloodshot as he demanded, “Why are you avoiding me?”
Shen Chujin looked away. “Who is the person you like?”
Shen Chujin thought theirs was nothing more than a transaction with a clearly stated price.
She had no idea that she and this man had shared a past two years earlier.
She had no idea they had once clung to each other in bed until late into the night, unwilling to stop…
[Content warning: The heroine has an ex-boyfriend!!!]
Thank you everyone for watching~😘 Demining: 1. The heroine has an ex-boyfriend (she hugged and kissed her, but never slept with her) 2. There will be misunderstandings between the male and female protagonists, but they won't be big. 3. There may be a small number of females and males competing Do you mind if I mistakenly enter into these points 😘