On the day of the wedding, Su Nian’s older sister, the legitimate daughter of the Su family, ran away.
With the family on the brink of ruin, Su Nian was forced to step in at the last minute and take her sister’s place, marrying Fu Jingshen, the aloof CEO whom the whole city feared.
Everyone scoffed at her, saying she came from an ordinary background and was nothing more than a stand-in. She would never be accepted by the Fu family, much less win Fu Jingshen’s heart.
Su Nian had planned to keep her head down and make the best of things, neither competing nor making demands, just quietly enduring this marriage in name only.
But no one expected the cold, taciturn Fu Jingshen to give all his tenderness to Su Nian after they married.
When someone mocked her humble origins in public, he stood up for his wife on the spot, his commanding presence on full display.
When members of the Su family came to make trouble, he stepped in to back her up and shielded her from every slight.
He quietly remembered her little preferences and moods, indulging her in everything and cherishing her above all.
In the end, Su Nian couldn’t hold back her tears. “Fu Jingshen, I’m just a stand-in. You don’t have to treat me so well.”
The man bent down and drew her into his arms, his voice low and possessive.
“You were never a stand-in.
From the moment I first saw you, the only person I ever wanted to marry was you, Su Nian.”
It turned out this absurd marriage by substitution
had never been an accident. Fu Jingshen had planned it for a long time, all so he could bring the woman he treasured home as his wife, openly and honorably.
