[Poor, gentle fake heiress]+ [Cold, powerful real young master]=
[The all-around real heiress Wen Yuling transmigrates to lift her birth mother high, then takes down everyone, including her own father, without fear]
Wen Yuling unexpectedly discovers that her mother was tricked into having her out of wedlock by some unknown scumbag. The revelation makes her so furious she ends up in the hospital, only to learn that she has a terminal illness and not long to live. Her always-busy mother, Wen Xishu, flies back from overseas in the middle of the night and breaks down in tears at her bedside.
Wen Yuling wants to ask whether her mother regrets giving birth to her. As her consciousness fades, the other woman grips her hand and crumbles. “Yuling, Mom regrets it.”
When she opens her eyes again, she is lying in a hospital gown on a busy street. Dazed, she spots a familiar figure.
“Mom, even if you regret it, you can’t just dump me in the middle of the road!”
*
Wen Xishu has just learned that she is the fake heiress who took the real heiress’s place. Unwilling to put the Wen family couple in a difficult position, she leaves the Wen home of her own accord. Alone and unsure of what to do next, she suddenly hears a loud crash.
A bright, lively girl bursts into her dim, cheerless life.
“Who’s your dad?”
Wen Yuling runs through the powerful, unattached men around her mother’s age in her mind.
“Xie Nanqiao.”
Wen Xishu is surprised. That cold, unfeeling young master?
*
At first, Xie Nanqiao is simply curious.
The older Yuling’s origins are a mystery.
The younger Xishu acts strangely toward him. She says she likes him but doesn’t want him to like her back. She only wants a lock of his hair as a keepsake.
His friends warn him it’s an elaborate honey trap, a classic pig-butchering scam.
Later, “Yuling, stop badmouthing me in front of your mom. I’m begging you, as your dad.”
[I had to pick a tag, but couldn’t find a no-romance option. The romance is basically about the parents.]
