Gentle, refined head of the family vs. justice-driven heiress
Powerful, fatherly big shot of Beijing's elite circles x spoiled, clingy beauty
Six-year age gap / married first, fell in love later / older man / powerful man lowers his head / HE
[The male lead is no good! He's absolutely not harmless! He's extremely possessive!]
Lu Dai comes from a family of scholars. Raised in luxury, she has a stunning beauty that captivates everyone. Good-natured and gentle, she is the object of desire for countless wealthy young men.
Yet she has no luck in love. All three of her relationships ended with her being cheated on and dumped.
Disillusioned with love, Lu Dai has no choice but to agree to an arranged marriage.
Her match is Guan Yanci, the powerful head of the Guan family, one of the most prominent families in Beijing's elite circles, and a man rumored to stand at the very top of the city's social pyramid.
Gentle and refined, disciplined and proper: those are the words people use to describe him.
At their first meeting, she sees him in a custom-tailored suit and gold-rimmed glasses, smiling warmly as he courteously pulls out a chair for her.
Quite the gentleman.
Lu Dai gets straight to the point. "There's no love between us in this marriage. We'll live our own lives after we marry. Is that fine with you?"
A smile plays in the man's eyes behind his glasses. "Of course, Miss Lu."
After they register their marriage, Guan Yanci keeps his word and proves to be the perfect husband. No matter how much Lu Dai misbehaves or gets into trouble, he calmly cleans up her messes without ever seeming angry. He indulges her so much that she grows more and more willful.
Whenever she asks him why, he gives her one answer: "I'm much older than you. It's only right that I indulge you."
She thinks their life will go on like this,
until one night her ex-boyfriend comes knocking, regretting everything and begging her to take him back.
Before Lu Dai can refuse, the man wraps an arm around her waist from behind and nuzzles her hair with his chin. His collar hangs open, revealing unmistakable kiss marks on his collarbone. "Honey, who's this?"
As her ex's face turns ashen, Guan Yanci casually raises the hand with his wedding ring:
"My wife and I are already married."
"Are you here to be the other man?"
Later, one day when the two are in love, Lu Dai comes across a key while sorting through old things in their room. Following the clues, she discovers a hidden basement in the study.
The basement is dark and damp, its walls covered in portraits and photographs of her.
On the table are several screenshots from surveillance footage, dated to the years she was with each of her three ex-boyfriends, along with...
Photoshopped pictures of her boyfriends cheating on her.
Stunned, she turns to flee, only to find Guan Yanci blocking the doorway.
The man removes his gold-rimmed glasses. Burning love and obsession show in his eyes, while the smile he always wears becomes chilling:
"Why are you running, Dadai?"
"Now that you've discovered my secret, it's time we settled accounts."
Theme: Love and harmony
