[Childhood sweethearts | Long-planned secret love | The heir's one true love | The ex chases his wife to the crematorium | Clear-eyed heroine cuts her losses | A battlefield of wealthy families]
(Lu Hanchuan really went to a lot of trouble to keep all those male foxes from seducing his wife.)
Lin Qiao, the eldest daughter of the Lin family, is a breathtaking beauty and the dream girl every young master from a wealthy family longs for but can't have.
She's also the woman who made Lu Hanchuan, the heir of the capital's most powerful family, fall for her at first sight, his unrequited love for seven years.
But sweet and innocent Lin Qiao has eyes only for her childhood sweetheart, Fu Sinian.
Her best friend calls her blind for falling for a scumbag who's in love with someone else and keeping her on the hook.
Lin Qiao won't listen. She wants to bind him to her with a marriage alliance.
Until one day, standing outside Fu Sinian's office, she hears Lin Xiaoxiao's soft, tender murmurs from inside.
Lin Qiao doesn't cry. All she feels is clear-eyed disgust.
If the melon you've forced to grow is rotten,
then you don't want it anymore.
After tearing up the marriage agreement in a rage, Lin Qiao goes to a bar with her best friend to drink her sorrows away, where she runs into Lu Hanchuan.
She stumbles straight into his arms.
His gaze darkens. “Lin Qiao, are you flirting with me again?”
Tipsy and bold, Lin Qiao replies in a soft voice, “I don't want that rotten melon anymore. I want you. Is that okay?”
Years of suppressed affection surge in Lu Hanchuan's eyes. He answers softly, “This time, you can't take it back.”
When Fu Sinian learns Lin Qiao has called off the engagement, he completely loses it. He clings to her hand, sobbing and pleading, “Qiaoqiao, please don't go. I was an idiot before, but I'll change!”
Lu Hanchuan steps forward and pulls her possessively into his arms. “Young Master Fu, quit wailing! She's my wife now.”
