The Xi family, one of the three great families in the capital, fell from grace overnight. With everyone piling on while they were down, the head of the Mu family, whose family had arranged a childhood betrothal with the Xis years ago, secretly met with Xi Jingxue.
He offered her a very generous future, both financially and professionally. His only condition was that she break up with Mu Jingming.
Caught between reason and emotion, Xi Jingxue, who had endured more than her share of cold shoulders, decisively chose reason.
She took the money and went abroad to further her studies, leaving behind only the words "Let's break up." From then on, she vanished completely from Mu Jingming's world.
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Mu Jingming was born into a good family and blessed with good looks. He was the darling of everyone, destined for greatness, until he fell for his childhood sweetheart and first love while still young.
After Xi Jingxue vanished, he was despondent for a long time. What finally pulled him out of it was a joke from a friend trying to console him.
"If you really can't let her go, then find her. Bring her back and get your revenge. Maybe that'll make you feel better."
His hatred grew like a weed.
He secretly swore he would find her.
He would get revenge, toy with her, and abandon her, until she wept and regretted everything!
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When they met again, she was a renowned ballerina.
Beneath the spotlights, she danced on tiptoe, her figure graceful and enchanting. She moved in harmony with elegance, dazzlingly beautiful.
Just as he had seen her in his dreams.
Mu Jingming presented her with flowers, his face cold, but she walked right past him as if he weren't there. Unable to take it anymore, he called her name: "Xi Jingxue."
Xi Jingxue glanced back at him. Her gaze paused briefly on his handsome face, then she pretended not to recognize him.
"And you are?"
"..." What a heartless woman.
--Saying he would toy with her was a lie.
--Saying he couldn't let her go was the truth.
--He gave her an opening, so why wouldn't she take it? Heartless woman!
With a mutual friend's reminder, the "heartless woman" played along with him.
Well! Her ex-boyfriend's acting is pretty good.
Theme: True love is something you have to fight for yourself.
