Blurb:
1.
When news broke that the Fu and Chi families were joining in marriage, everyone felt sorry for Fu Qingchen.
Chi Qian, could you even call him human? He's a beast, all sharp claws and a vicious heart.
On the night of the engagement banquet, aboard the Chi family's cruise ship, Fu Qingzhuo stopped him on the deck.
"Let my sister go," she said, lowering her eyes, her voice soft and delicate. "I'll go with you."
Chi Qian glanced down at her. The sea breeze lifted her long black hair, its soft ends brushing his collarbone and stirring an unexpected itch.
"Would you call this," he said with a chuckle as he lifted a lock of her hair, "openly seducing your brother-in-law?"
2.
Half a year later, her best friend asked about her new relationship. "Zhuozhuo, did you really willingly go with Chi Qian for your sister's sake?"
She took off her makeup in front of the mirror, her expression cool and detached. "Ever heard of the cicada shedding its shell?"
"So you're just putting on an act with him?" Her friend asked worriedly. "Aren't you afraid Chi Qian will find out you're playing him?"
A touch of indifference crept into her voice. "It's not exactly an act. Maybe it's just a talent."
"That's one hell of a talent..."
3.
Until he cornered her in a private booth at the bar.
In the cramped space, Chi Qian gripped the back of her head with one hand and bit down on her lips without mercy. "You're pretty capable, Fu Qingzhuo."
Calmly, she licked her blood-tinged lips. "You're too kind."
He gripped her waist hard and gave her a mocking look. "Since you're willing to be Fu Qingchen's stand-in, then take her place to the very end. Marry me."
At last, a trace of panic appeared on Fu Qingzhuo's unruffled face. "Why should I?"
Chi Qian bent down, his cool lips brushing her ear. "Because marrying you is one of my talents, too."
*The ruthless and utterly unscrupulous eldest son of the Chi family x a bar owner who plays the pig to eat the tiger.
[Blurb written 2020.6.16]
Theme: Everything happens for the best.
