Li Cheng, heir to the Li Group, became obsessed with Lin Wanqiu, a woman from a teahouse. For this so-called true love, he broke off his engagement in public and abandoned his fiancée, Su Hui. Su Hui didn’t make a scene. She calmly agreed to end the engagement, then turned around and announced at a Li Group board meeting, as the controlling shareholder, that she was withdrawing funding from its flagship project. The Li Group’s cash flow collapsed overnight, its stock price plunged, and partner after partner pulled out, leaving the company on the brink of bankruptcy. Lin Wanqiu, who had once seemed so gentle and considerate, saw Li Cheng lose his power and immediately ran off with what little remained of his assets, revealing her greed for all to see. Li Cheng finally came to his senses. He realized he’d mistaken false affection for true love and personally destroyed his family’s legacy. He humbled himself and begged Su Hui again and again to take him back, but she coldly refused every time. While the Li Group’s valuation was at rock bottom, Su Hui completed its acquisition and restructuring, put its existing resources back to work, and rose to become the leading figure in Haizhou’s business world. Li Cheng was reduced to a bystander on the sidelines of the family empire he had once inherited, paying a terrible price for his impulsive choices as he drowned in regret...168
