The Victor Sets the Game

In the dazzling, hedonistic world of Macau, Shen Qingli is seven months pregnant when He Xubai hands her a consent form for an early C-section. His only reason is to let his critically ill father see his first grandson. Shen Qingli strokes her belly and smiles faintly. “Mr. He, I’m not your wife yet. You don’t get to decide whether this child lives or dies.” Everyone thinks Macau beauty pageant champion Shen Qingli fell into the water by accident that day, and that He Xubai heroically rescued her and took the canary back to his cage. Only Shen Qingli knows that getting from the pool to his bed was the first step in her carefully laid plan. She knew all along that he was the “sugar daddy” of her nemesis, Lin Wei. And as a master of law, she had never wanted only a pageant crown. When she finally became pregnant with her “bargaining chip,” he said indifferently, “Keep the child. As for the position of Mrs. He, we’ll see how you perform.” Later, she hid her pregnancy and earned her law license, then sent him a lawyer’s letter on a livestream, exposing the loopholes in his business empire. Late one night, he stormed into her apartment with red-rimmed eyes, only to see his son babbling as he clutched a photo of him. Leaning against the doorway, she smiled. “Mr. He, after all this time, how have you still not learned who’s really pulling the strings?”