By the Abyss, I Give You a Fair Face

After four years of deep love, with their wedding date drawing near, Su Qingyan is abruptly dumped by her boyfriend, Shen Yan, who claims their families are not an appropriate match.

She knows perfectly well that their supposed difference in family background is just an excuse. His one true love has returned, and her four years by his side were nothing but a futile attempt to keep up.

Heartbroken after the breakup, Su Qingyan is also relentlessly squeezed for money by her family, leaving her at the lowest point in her life.

Just when she has nowhere left to turn, Shen Linyuan, the true power at the top of the Shen family, offers her a marriage contract.

He is a man at the summit of the pyramid: cool, detached, and powerful in the business world. He is also an elder whom Shen Yan can only look up to.

“Marry me. I'll give you confidence, resources, and protection. No one will dare bully you.”

The terms are irresistible: a million a month in spending money, access to top-tier resources, and no interference in each other's lives after the wedding. They will be a free couple in name only, while she gets to crush her ex.

Thinking it will be an easy arrangement that benefits them both, Su Qingyan readily agrees.

But on the night they register their marriage, Shen Linyuan, rumored to be constantly away on business and coldly abstinent, tears up every agreement.

There is no keeping their distance. He comes home every night and showers her with unwavering devotion, possessively and fiercely claiming her tenderness and every glance.

After the wedding, Shen Yan, who abandoned her, comes to his senses and begs on his knees in public for another chance.

Shen Linyuan pulls her into his arms then and there, protecting his wife with an icy, commanding presence. “Anyone who bothers her again will be kicked out of the Shen family.”

[Marriage first, love later \ A long-planned courtship \ Seven-year age gap \ The hero speaks his mind and knows how to charm her \ Both devoted to each other \ Sweet and satisfying from start to finish, no angst]