After the Scheming Woman Took Back Her Heart, the Crown Prince Begged Her to Get Back Together

[Both leads are romantically inexperienced | Wealthy-family angst | The hero pursues his ex after losing her | Reunited after a breakup | Reunion after years apart | Healing each other | Powerful man learns to bow his head] A calculating, self-interested heroine VS an arrogant, possessive male lead Shi Zheng grew up in a small town. When she learns that her coworker, Zhou Jinnian, is actually the heir to the Chenyao Group, she deliberately gets close to him and curries favor, hoping to escape her fate and rise above her class. It starts as a scheme in which each gets what they want, but before long, genuine feelings begin to mingle with the pretense. She falls deeper and deeper, dreaming of melting the heart of this man and making him love her, as she has always fought for what she wants. But reality deals her a cruel blow. It turns out he has loved someone else for over a decade, a beloved first love he has kept in his heart. She was nothing but a way to pass the time, a pawn in his fight against his parents! Finally seeing things clearly, Shi Zheng resolutely leaves for another country. Years later, she returns home for work and runs into Zhou Jinnian again. She can’t understand it: his beloved first love is about to become single again. Why isn’t he going after her? Why is he still pestering her instead? Their tangled love and resentment begin all over again…