[Fictional modern city, older man-younger woman, gentle coercive love]
A capable, husband-material business guild executive male lead vs. an overthinking female humanities scholar
Gu Zhou met Xu Ce in court. He was certain of victory, while she was utterly outmatched. If she could have seen the future, she would have kept far away from him after that trial, far enough that fate could never catch up.
Later, Xu Ce said "I love you" countless times.
Gu Zhou met his words with silence, time and time again.
She didn't like Xu Ce. He had never been the husband she dreamed of.
Marriage was a vast web woven from power, money, and desire. Even though its weaver was gentle, devoted, and doting, Gu Zhou still swayed precariously, struggling in vain to break free. The pomegranate seeds gleamed an alluring red. The moment she swallowed one, she had already become his prisoner.
Theme: Be careful before you get married!
