Stern, celibate family patriarch vs. cross-dressing, universally adored female lead
Zhou Yushu had recently had two great strokes of luck. First, she secured a fine position in the wealthiest part of the realm. Second, she got married.
Apart from the Zhao family's younger daughter falling in love with her at first sight and repeatedly demanding that she divorce her wife and marry her instead, which gave her a bit of a headache, life was getting better by the day.
Later, after earning merit at the shop, she was granted an audience with the proprietor. His name was Jiang Xun, the richest man in the area and the current head of the Jiang family.
Everyone said that Jiang Xun was not only immensely wealthy, but also refined, upright, and measured.
During their conversation, Jiang Xun barely glanced at her. With a solemn expression, he simply told her to do her job well.
His cool, imposing presence made her heart skip a beat. She thought, So this is how rich people are. They don't even deign to look at you...
Later, she realized she might have misunderstood him. The proprietor did care about his employees, for example, yesterday, when he saw her on duty in the shop and said, "It's late. I'll take you home later."
The proprietor was a busy man, yet he was so thoughtful and considerate toward a lowly shop hand like her.
Could it be that he was about to promote her? Maybe make her the third shop manager?
_Male lead's version_
Jiang Xun knew this was wrong. How could he harbor such immoral thoughts?
Suddenly, he hated everything! He hated that he wasn't a woman! He hated that the man didn't understand all the effort he put into him, and that there was one woman after another by his side.
He hated that he couldn't be the one...
Most of all, he hated himself for being unable to make him look his way even once!
Theme: Strive to improve.
