The Frail Tycoon Can No Longer Keep Up the Act

The day Jiang Zhaomian became a stand-in bride to a frail, dying tycoon, everyone expected her to become a widow. Only later did she learn that Shen Guanlan’s illness was real, his weakness was an act, and his love for her was real too.

Her biological father forced her to marry into the Shen family, to the head of the family who was rumored to be sickly, gloomy, and near death.

Everyone said she was doomed to misfortune, married only to become a widow right away.

But on their wedding night, the pale, frail man sat by the window and pushed a contract toward her.

“For the next three months, I’ll make sure you stay alive.”

Jiang Zhaomian sneered. “And after three months?”

Shen Guanlan lowered his eyes and coughed twice, his voice as sharp as a blade.

“After three months, they’ll be the ones who die.”

At first, Jiang Zhaomian thought their marriage was nothing but a transaction.

Later, she discovered that Shen Guanlan was truly sick, and truly ruthless.

By day, he was so weak he couldn’t be without his medicine. By night, a single phone call from him could destroy someone’s future.

He kept insisting he didn’t love her, yet he investigated old cases for her, seized her inheritance, and purged the family, sending everyone who had ever bullied her tumbling into the abyss.

Only when the truth came out did Jiang Zhaomian learn:

She wasn’t the Shen family’s good-luck bride.

She was the life Shen Guanlan had kept hidden for years.