I Confessed to the Wrong Person and Married the Most Ruthless Man in the Capital

[Marriage Before Love / Mistaken Secret Crush / Powerful Beijing Socialite / He Chases His Wife to the Crematorium / One-on-One / Sweet and Angsty]

Wen Yu had secretly loved Shen Yao for eight years. At last, she mustered the courage to confess to him at a banquet, only to realize she'd got the wrong person.

She had mistaken Huo Xuting, the most untouchable man in the capital, for Shen Yao.

Overnight, everyone in the capital learned that the famously well-behaved young lady of the Wen family had actually confessed to the most ruthless man in the city?!

Everyone: ...

After all, in their eyes, the two of them were completely unsuited to each other.

Besides:

Huo Xuting really didn't like well-behaved girls like Wen Yu.

And Wen Yu didn't like ruthless, heartless men like Huo Yan.

She thought it was just a farce, but right then the Wen family needed someone to marry for an alliance. After a family discussion, they decided to send her to marry Huo Xuting.

To Huo Xuting, an alliance marriage was simply a necessary step in life. His wife's identity didn't matter much to him.

On their wedding night, she fulfilled her marital duties with red-rimmed eyes, tears falling one by one. Huo Xuting's brow furrowed so deeply it looked like it could kill someone. He felt as if he were some bastard forcing a respectable woman into prostitution. He didn't pressure her and turned to leave.

Later, Huo Xuting reflected breathlessly: Was she afraid, or just not ready?

Wait, wasn't she the one who started this between them?

Wen Yu was afraid of upsetting him, so the next day she gathered her courage and offered herself to him...

Their families urged them to have a child. The two of them busily got to work making one, while Wen Yu reminisced...

Little scene:

One time, while drunk, Wen Yu said,