Trapped by Marriage

[Miss Hedgehog vs. Mr. Soft Persimmon] [Beauty Brand Founder vs. Investment Tycoon]

Marriage first, love later | 10-year age gap | The powerful one yields

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Chen Yuqin is over thirty and still doesn't have a marriage prospect in sight. His mother declares that he has to find a girlfriend this year.

"I'm 32, 187 centimeters tall, weigh 84 kilograms, have A9-level assets, and I'm in business."

A brief appearance and a single sentence on a livestream call sum up his qualifications.

At the time, Jin Xi is 22 and has just graduated from college. When she gets Chen Yuqin's profile, she initially assumes he's in her line of work. An A9 who's still single in his thirties sounds fake, after all.

But the truth is even more outrageous than she imagined: his A9 assets suddenly balloon into hundreds of billions.

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In the space of a week, Jin Xi uses a fake identity and background to marry a tycoon worth hundreds of billions. She uses his resources to establish her own beauty brand, expands her business empire with Chen Yuqin's influence, and tests his limits step by step.

She thinks her plans are flawless, but in reality Chen Yuqin sees everything she does.

He watches her act one way in public and another in private, expertly pretending to obey while secretly defying him.

At first, Chen Yuqin thinks her ulterior motives will make her easier to handle. But gradually, without either of them knowing when, their roles are reversed, and he's the one being handled.

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On the day the truth comes out, the clues she'd deliberately ignored circle through her mind. "You knew I was lying to you all along?"

"Mm."

"Since when?"

"...Before we got our marriage license."

Jin Xi gives him a faintly mocking smile and stubbornly lifts her chin. "Was it fun watching me live in fear of your approval?"

She almost thought he really loved her. Thank goodness she never gave him her heart.

The game is over. Jin Xi quietly waits for Chen Yuqin to slap the divorce papers in her face.

But...

Who can tell her who this person is, holding her and crying? Is this really Chen Yuqin?

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Since you lied, just keep lying forever.

Be faithful from beginning to end.

Jin Xi: If I'm going to squeeze someone, I might as well pick a soft persimmon.

Chen Yuqin: If she squeezes me, I'll just bury my head in her arms.

· Both are each other's one and only

Coming soon: Additional Conditions

Blurb:

"Qingyu, this is your younger brother, Chen'an. You're the older sister, so you need to take good care of him from now on."

Take care of him? She will, especially since he's the son of her father's first love.

Xu Zhen is busy with work, and there's usually only a housekeeper at home. After Xu Qingyu bullies Ji Chen'an a few times and discovers no one will stop her, she becomes increasingly brazen. She won't let him eat at the table, then splashes water on his bed so he has to sleep on the floor. She goes from physical abuse to humiliating him, doing whatever makes her feel better.

Xu Qingyu presses hard on his wound. Blood trickles out and stains her fingers. She wipes it on him with disgust. "You're hurt? Are you going to tell my father?"

Ji Chen'an's lips are deathly pale. He clutches the hem of his clothes. "It's okay. I know you didn't mean it, Sister."

Xu Qingyu thinks she can keep doing whatever she wants forever. Then a car accident takes Xu Zhen's life as he protects Ji Chen'an, who is left unconscious.

After the funeral, a lawyer comes to see Xu Qingyu with the will.

The inheritance is worth several billion, and she and Ji Chen'an are each entitled to 50 percent. But there's an additional condition attached to Xu Qingyu's share.

"The additional condition is that Miss Xu must look after Ji Chen'an until he's eighteen and obtain his consent. Otherwise, the entire inheritance will go to Ji Chen'an."

Xu Qingyu scoffs. She's only eighteen herself, yet her father didn't leave a single word for her.

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Given how badly the two of them get along, Xu Qingyu thinks she'll end up with nothing.

But fate is kind. A month later, Ji Chen'an wakes up with amnesia.

Xu Qingyu is only a little nicer to him, and he sticks to her like a puppy who never learns his lesson.

A few days before Ji Chen'an's college entrance exams, he turns eighteen. Xu Qingyu coaxes him into handing over everything, including the share he willingly transfers to her.

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Ji Chen'an stares at the empty house. Sister, you really did lie to me. But why couldn't you have kept lying a little longer?

You're just too impatient.

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For two years, Ji Chen'an is like a ghost hiding in the shadows, fervently following everything she does where she can't see him.

He cuts off every lifeline around her.

Until a new figure appears by her side, and Ji Chen'an can't hold back anymore.

Xu Qingyu presses her high heel against Ji Chen'an's chest and looks down at him contemptuously. "Ji Chen'an, are you a masochist? Haven't I tormented you enough?"

Ji Chen'an wraps a hand around her ankle, his eyes full of obsessive delight. "Then torment only me, Sister, okay? Don't look at anyone else."

"Sister, love only me, okay? Everything I have is yours."

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