So What If She’s a Young Lady?

[A truly high-maintenance, delicate princess x a true dad-type, quiet, cold-faced man]

[Miss and her dog, with a six-year age gap and a height difference]

The Wen family was fortunate enough to arrange a childhood betrothal with the Pei family, one of the capital's top-tier old-money families.

Then disaster struck the Peis, and everyone turned against them.

Wen Li's opportunistic father immediately decided to break off the engagement.

He planned to marry her off to an old man with barely any hair left, more than twenty years older than her.

That night, the young heiress moved in with five suitcases to her fiance's home. He was broad-shouldered and narrow-waisted, tall and long-legged, with a strikingly handsome, proud, and severe face that could put even today's top-tier stars to shame.

Pei Yu returned from work to his shabby rented apartment.

An LV scarf had been spread over the sofa cushion, and a pretty girl was sitting on it, painting her nails.

Her bright, sparkling peach-blossom eyes blinked at him again and again. Her voice was sweet and coquettish. "Pei Yu, your place is so small. Where am I supposed to sleep tonight?"

*

Everyone in their circle knew the heiress had a bad temper and was spoiled: a bona fide drama queen and pretty face with nothing else to offer.

Pei Yu, once the proud young master of the Pei family, was reserved and stern, never smiling. He was the very picture of aloofness, dullness, and propriety.

The two of them were worlds apart.

His friends urged Pei Yu to keep his distance from the heiress. The Pei family wasn't what it used to be.

She might have taken him in on a whim, and keeping her around could become a burden.

When word came that the Wen family was arranging another marriage alliance, the heiress left without a word.

A friend went to check on him. The man was repairing a car, his expression blank. He gave a quiet "Mm" and indifferently tightened a screw.

His friend relaxed, thinking this young master hadn't taken it all that seriously after all.

Only after Pei Yu used his ruthless methods to rise to become a hot new business magnate, admired by all and beyond anyone's reach, did things change.

The families that had kicked the Peis while they were down grew anxious, while waiting to see the Wen family get its comeuppance.

They heard the heiress summoned him at will and dismissed him just as easily, making him put on her shoes and socks, drive her to and from school, and even throwing a cup of coffee at Mr. Pei.

Everyone: Oh, what a humiliating insult!

*

The venue was packed with powerful figures, everyone dressed to the nines, but the leading lady was nowhere to be seen.

In a deserted corridor, the night rain kept falling.

The girl planning to run away from her wedding had tears in her eyes. "Pei Yu, I don't want to marry him."

The refined, noble man who supposedly didn't care much wiped the tears from the corner of her eye. His dark eyes lowered, his voice hoarse and halting. "All right. If Lili doesn't like him, she won't marry him."

The people waiting to see the Wen family get humiliated: ...Oh. Looks like I got face-slapped instead.

From the male lead's perspective:

Pei Yu fell from the heights where he'd once been admired by all. He took the dirtiest, hardest, most miserable jobs, his dignity ground to dust.

He silently wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and worked his way back to the top.

The world admired him and feared him, addressing him respectfully as Mr. Pei.

No one knew about the days when Pei Yu was at his lowest and most wretched, unable even to afford a meal.

Amid the ruins of his life, fate gave him a little goddess.

On a damp, stuffy night, the man lay in bed, burning with fever.

A small, pale hand pressed a wet towel to his forehead. Wen Li gazed at him with tender, shining eyes. "Pei Yu, don't be sad. I'll sell my bag and take care of you."

Thin light swept across his stern features, casting shadows that were impossible to read.

Pei Yu lowered his lashes and stayed silent for a long time. Then he softly replied, "Mm."

*

Pei Yu was afraid she'd get sick, afraid she'd be sad, and even more afraid she'd cry.

He gritted his teeth and dragged himself out of the mire.

All he wanted was for his treasure to stand on his shoulders, beyond anyone's reach or disdain.

[Also known as Pei Yu's Latest Day as Her Dog, The Heiress's Guide to Training a Dog, and A Man Who Spoils His Wife Will Get Rich!]

1. The male lead won't stay poor forever, though he really is poor at the start.

2. The heiress stays spoiled, delicate, and high-maintenance from beginning to end. She won't stop being difficult just because Pei Yu is broke, but he's happy to indulge her. The heiress is very beautiful, so there may be a lot of one-sided pining.

3. The female lead saves the male lead. At the start, the heiress is still in college.

4. The male lead still suffers. Yes.

5. They are each other's first love, with a happy ending.

The blurb may be revised again! Saved on 2026.5.12, screenshot taken.

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