[Beautiful Wife * Resentful CEO Husband * Younger Green Tea Man, and xxxx]
Four in the morning.
Lin Jia Zhi lands in Chicago on the nearest available flight. At Shao Liang's apartment, she touches the bruise at the corner of his mouth and says with concern, "How did you get beaten up this badly? He said our marriage is just a business arrangement, and that we wouldn't interfere in each other's lives..."
His assistant can't help muttering, "Why hit him in the face? Brother Shao has a work appearance the day after tomorrow."
Shao Liang gives the assistant a cold look, then pulls Lin Jia Zhi into his arms. His lowered eyes are clear and fragile as glass, like the air around him. "I'm no good."
Lin Jia Zhi's marriage to Huo Chen came from a childhood betrothal made years ago. She had met Huo Chen only once before their wedding date was set.
The man was mature and striking, dressed in a perfectly tailored black designer suit that emphasized his broad shoulders, long legs, and upright figure. Behind his gold-rimmed glasses, his eyes were dark and composed. When he spoke, he fit Lin Jia Zhi's stereotypical image of a domineering CEO to a T.
"Miss Lin, after we marry, we won't interfere in each other's lives."
*
The Huo Group in the capital has a mysterious background, beyond discussion.
As the youngest person ever to take control of the Huo Group, Huo Chen has always been decisive and ruthless. Yet time and again, he bends before his stubborn, naive fiancée.
His fiancée comes from an old Jiangnan family. She is the cherished youngest daughter of the Lin clan, whose family rivalries and romantic entanglements are tangled beyond measure.
She has bright eyes, white teeth, and stunning looks, yet she's neither spoiled nor affected. After earning her master's degree, she began studying for a doctorate in linguistics. Over three years, she volunteered in South Africa, studied in North America, and traveled to Japan to search for historical records. Even the glaciers of Antarctica have benefited from Miss Lin's charitable projects. Her résumé is exceptionally impressive, nothing like his stereotypical image of a rich young lady.
Looking closer, he realizes that she is remarkably hard to investigate.
So is he the fourth, or the fifth?
On the first anniversary of their engagement, he undoes the top two buttons of his shirt and draws her into his arms. His breath brushes her dewy ear. He speaks with barely contained emotion: "Break things off with all of them. I'll pretend none of this happened."
*
Shao Liang doesn't know whether he's the third or the fourth, but it doesn't matter. With Lin Jia Zhi's engagement, he realizes his years of honing his acting skills on set are finally about to pay off.
A man like him is finally going to take the top spot.
Until one day, he walks out of the Huo Group. The red walls and glazed tiles in the distance are blinding, and he gets a call from Lin Jia Zhi. Her voice is gentle and cold: "Shao Liang, I know these seven years have been precious to you. To make it up to you, you can choose a house in Baisha Bay. And the film companies funded by the Lin Group can help you too."
She pauses. Her voice is soft and trembling, like golden light dancing across glazed tiles. "Lin Jia Yan is coming back. You... understand, right?"
- All the women and men are virgins; multiple male leads
- The heroine is adored by everyone, with melodramatic male rivalry and a reverse harem showdown. Includes a pseudo-incest trope.
Theme: Being yourself matters more than anything.
