[Secret Crush | Both Leads Are Pure | Powerful Man Bows His Head | Revenge | Flash Marriage]
|A frail, powerful man with a contrasting side x a down-on-her-luck, flirtatious white lotus|
At a banquet, Jiang Yuchen's lover, Lin Yuyan, publicly insulted Nie Qingwan's mother, then threw herself down the stairs and accused Nie Qingwan of pushing her.
Nie Qingwan couldn't be bothered to play along with her white-lotus act. She grabbed a bottle of red wine and poured it all over her.
Her husband, Jiang Yuchen, didn't bother to ask what had happened. He raised his hand to protect his lover and strike Nie Qingwan.
With her heart broken, she promptly signed the divorce papers.
Just then, Jiang Jichuan, the Jiang family's head, who had spent years secluded and nursing his health and was rumored to be so weak a breeze could knock him over, offered Nie Qingwan a plain wedding band.
"Qingwan, marry me. I can protect you now."
Everyone laughed at her for clutching at straws in her desperation, hooking up with a sickly man who wouldn't live more than a few years. She was bound to become a widow before long.
But they all knew exactly what sort of man he was. No one dared to openly criticize the head of the family.
As time passed, the two fell in love, their feelings mutual.
She investigated the truth behind her mother's death, and he quietly took care of everything.
He investigated what had happened when he was seriously injured all those years ago, and she stood by his side, helping him slowly root out the Jiang family's parasites.
His ex-wife becomes his aunt?
Outside the room, Jiang Yuchen: "I'm begging you to take me back!"
Inside the room, Jiang Jichuan: "Baby, don't listen. Kiss me."
[Sweet Bonus Scene]
At a family banquet, Nie Qingwan deliberately leaned close to Jiang Jichuan's ear, her fingertips lightly tracing his wrist.
The tips of the man's ears instantly turned red. He turned his head, covered his mouth, and coughed twice, his voice husky. "Don't tease me. The elders are here."
She smiled, her eyes curving, and was just about to pull away when he wrapped an arm around her waist and drew her into his embrace.
There wasn't a trace of frailty in his eyes now. They were filled with
