[One-on-one romance | heroine is a virgin, hero is not | cunning, strong female lead | emotional mind games | domineering CEO falls for her on his own | groveling reconciliation | both leads are flawed]
Lu Wenshen, the only heir to a top-tier wealthy family, is arrogant and possessive, has known countless women, and has always looked down on love. He despises gold-digging women who fawn over the rich and powerful.
When he sees his childhood friend leave after being cruelly rejected by Li Qingqing, heartbroken, he decides to toy with her. He deliberately poses as a gentle, brilliant senior student and approaches her, intending only to expose her act and manipulate her as he pleases.
He thinks of himself as the hunter holding all the pieces, in control of the game. He has no idea that from the moment they first met, he had already fallen into the trap Li Qingqing had carefully laid to capture his heart.
Forged in the desperate hardship of poverty, she has become exceptionally clear-eyed and coolly self-possessed. She doesn’t believe in love or crave tenderness. Only power and money can be relied on. Purity is her mask, flirtation her weapon, and every advance and retreat a calculated move.
She plays along with perfect finesse, gradually taming the arrogant CEO. Lu Wenshen falls completely in love with her, bows his head for her sake, personally severs his arranged engagement to the family’s cherished “white moonlight,” and pours the Lu family’s resources into paving her way.
Li Qingqing uses his support to rise, surpassing the Lu Group in business prowess. Once she has achieved her goal, she swiftly lays everything bare and asks for a divorce, admitting that all her gentleness and obedience were an act and that she never fell for him.
With his deception exposed, Lu Wenshen can’t let go of his obsession. He descends into madness, bows his head completely, and begins the most agonizing pursuit of his wife.
She lets go of her childish, delusional longing for her first love and resolves to live in luxury on her own. But he clings to her, obsessively devoted for the rest of his life, with eyes for no one but her.