A beauty who plays the pig to eat the tiger, innocent on the surface but cunning underneath x a cold-faced, doting old-fashioned daddy
Seven-year age gap + marriage before love + running away while pregnant
When Que Sheng first met him, the man was leaning against a wall. His black suit was torn, and blood trickled down his sleeve. The moment he looked up at her, a thin layer of coldness surfaced in his gaze.
His face was hard to forget, but Que Sheng took him home not only because of who he was, but because he was a feast for the eyes.
When they met again, she was the unloved eldest daughter recently taken back into the Que family, while he was the most powerful tycoon in Feng City.
“What a coincidence, Mr. Gu.”
“I heard you’re looking for a marriage alliance. Why not consider me?”
Gu Shiyu’s expression remained indifferent. “Why?”
“Why, you ask?” She rose onto her tiptoes and leaned close to his ear. “First, I’m prettier than her. Second, I’ll be very obedient. Third, I hear you’re not interested in women, so I won’t need to use your ‘thing.’”
The third reason was suggestive, but Gu Shiyu pretended not to hear it. He looked down at her. She was pretty, yes, but obedient? Hah.
After they married, the usually quiet Gu household was turned upside down.
“March 9: Madam smashed Mrs. Li’s jade bracelet.”
“March 20: Madam beat up the third daughter of the Lin family.”
“April 3: She offended the chairman of the Chamber of Commerce’s wife and announced that she’d put them out of business sooner or later...”
The housekeeper finished reading a long list of incidents, then raised his head to study Gu Shiyu’s expression.
Gu Shiyu leaned against the sofa, his profile as refined as a god’s. “Madam is still young and doesn’t know any better. Anyone with a problem can come to me.”
Que Sheng was never a good girl. She was full of schemes and never let a grudge go unpunished.
The Que family had treated her unfairly, so she was going to turn the whole family upside down and make them all take her surname.
But no one had told her that underneath Gu Shiyu’s seemingly flawless exterior, there was another side to him.
“Didn’t you say we should stay out of each other’s way?” She planted her foot against the man climbing into her bed.
Gu Shiyu had been drinking. His usually cool eyes now glimmered with warmth. His voice was low and hoarse, strangely alluring. “Wife.”
That night, Que Sheng heard him say “wife” more than a hundred times, and learned firsthand whether he was “not interested in women.”
Two months later, as she stared at the two bright red lines, she couldn’t help but worry:
If I run away now, is there still time?
Core theme: Study hard and make progress every day
