Strangers by Day, Lost in Each Other by Night

[A resilient, quick-witted orphan who’s good at putting on an act × a composed, decisive, and inwardly obsessive powerful man + an eight-year age gap + both virgins] Wen Nian was an orphan living under the Yan family’s roof. After Grandpa Yan, the one who had always cherished her, passed away, she fell from grace overnight. She was even left without enough money to pay tuition, facing the prospect of being unable to continue her studies. So she drugged Yan Zhi, the Yan family’s new head, and climbed into his bed. She acted sweet and obedient to coax money out of him. Who could have guessed? She took her performance too far, making Yan Zhi want to keep her by his side even after they married. He clung to her like a vicious dog, refusing to let go. - Yan Zhi had always thought Wen Nian was a delicate little flower who couldn’t even take care of herself. Only later did he discover that she was really a man-eating flower. Sweet and obedient, her seemingly unconditional love for him had all been an act! She had been planning to leave him as soon as she was strong enough to fly on her own. As head of the Yan family, Yan Zhi was composed and decisive, almost coldly rational, and always put the family’s interests first. He should have followed the original plan and married into another family. At most, he could find a wife for a mutually hands-off marriage, then keep Wen Nian by his side. But he realized that marrying Wen Nian was the only way to keep her. She was always trying to escape. And he simply couldn’t accept a life without Wen Nian.