[Career-driven heroine × CEO who gets burned by his own schemes]
[Older man raising a younger woman + giving her a leg up + equally matched + happy ending]
The day Fu Xuheng pulled Lu Xiangye out of the mire, he laid down three rules for her: education, social skills, and broadening her horizons. She wasn’t allowed to neglect any of them.
He raised her to the standards of a successor, teaching her everything from financial statements to business negotiations, from the golf course to charity galas. Everyone said President Fu was raising himself a wife.
Lu Xiangye was indeed obedient, and she learned faster than anyone.
So fast that before he knew it, she had completed two degrees, earned three professional certifications, and signed two contracts on his behalf while he was asleep. One of them was for a project he’d been negotiating for half a month without success.
Fu Xuheng stared at the signed agreement on his desk and stayed silent for a long time.
“...You’re busier than I am now.”
Lu Xiangye looked up from behind her computer, wearing an almost apologetic expression. “Let’s cancel dinner next week. I have to go on a business trip.”
He taught her how to take control of a situation. Once she learned, the first thing she took control of was his schedule.
Later, a saying made the rounds in their circle: Fu Xuheng had raised someone, only for her to turn him into the weaker party in the negotiation.
Lu Xiangye’s response was:
“President Fu, please look over the contract. If everything’s in order, sign it.”
