Why Are You Pretending to Be Poor?

Modern romance: My Ex-Husband Became My Biggest Fan After Our Divorce. Please add it to your collection.

Born into poverty, Lin Buran was married off in her sister's place as soon as she came of age, becoming a laughingstock among the upper classes.

At the Ji family, she had nothing except Ji Mingkong. Ji Mingkong was perfect in every way, except that he couldn't love her. It took Lin Buran quite a price to understand this.

So years later, whenever people met the young CEO Lin, she would say: Ever since I became a widow, I've lost all interest in romance.

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Ji Mingkong presided over a vast financial empire, and the world saw him as nothing but a beautiful tool who only knew how to make money.

No one had ever seen him wrap a young woman in his suit jacket in the pouring rain, then hold the only umbrella over her head while he got soaked through.

"A Ran, I'll give you my heart. Won't you stay?"

"Your heart isn't worth anything. Why would I want it?"

"Then what about my life?"

#TheExHusband'sRoadToRedemption

Taking advantage of a crisis, but really a match made in heaven.

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After running away from home to avoid an arranged marriage, rich heiress Lian Qiao moved into the famous Greasy Alley in Nancheng.

As luck would have it, the handsome poor guy across the hall was exactly her type.

The poor handsome guy was called Shen Yu. In public, he skipped class and got into fights, but in private, he could fix pipes and install light bulbs. He was skilled at everything, an inspirational "king of part-time jobs."

One day, at a class reunion, Lian Qiao had a couple too many drinks and got carried away. She threw an arm around Shen Yu's neck and bragged, "Listen! I can't stand rich kids. So what if they've got a little money? I like poor boys like you, with big dreams and fair, smooth skin!"

Shen Yu looked at her for two seconds, then moved the delicate hand she'd been using to grope his chest. "The important part is the fair, smooth skin, right?"

Then Lian Qiao woke up one morning and found a custom-made watch worth tens of millions under Shen Yu's pillow.

Shen Yu: I forgot to tell you, my family owns a mine.

Lian Qiao: ?

Everyone expected the young lady of the Lian family to come crawling home in poverty, but who could have guessed that a few years later she'd be even richer than before...

[Extra Scene]

Lian Qiao ran into Shen Yu at a bar. Shen Yu said: I'm working.

She ran into him at a restaurant. Shen Yu said: I'm working.

She ran into him at the gym. Shen Yu said: I'm working.

When she ran into Shen Yu at Nancheng's top pawnshop, Lian Qiao said, I get it, you're working.

Young Master Shen, dressed elegantly and radiating grace, brewed a pot of Da Hong Pao and smiled. "No, I'm the owner here."

#MyBoyfriendHasChanged,CanIGetRidOfHim?

Shen Yu: No, it's too late :)

A different kind of Yu-Qiao romance.

A brooding, short-tempered rich young master who loves putting on an act X an energetic little fairy who's sweet on the outside but dark on the inside.

A story about two rich kids who'll have to return home and inherit the family business if they don't study, pretending to be poor together [crossed out]

Both are inexperienced and faithful, one-on-one romance, from school to wedding bells.

Blurb screenshotted on 2019-10-4.

※Salted Fish's upcoming story Taking Advantage of a Crisis. Please add it to your collection.

1. Bai Ruyan had been living away from home for years and had never taken a single benefit from the Bai family. But on her twentieth birthday, she was dragged back and forced into an arranged marriage with the Ji family conglomerate.

On their wedding night, Young Master Ji lifted his thin eyelids, looking as if he were laughing at her. "Shall we do our marital duty?"

The young woman clenched the sheets and bit her lip, determined not to let him look down on her. "Fine, let's do it! Who's afraid?"

Afterward, exhausted, she crawled to the bedside and picked up a delicate ceramic cup to drink some water. She heard the man beside her say with a faint smile, "Yanyan, that's the cup I use to rinse my mouth."

The young woman immediately teared up. In the end, he had still made a joke of her.

2. Born into poverty, Bai Ruyan was married off in her sister's place, becoming a laughingstock among the upper classes.

"I hear she's terribly mistreated by the Ji family."

"If I were Bai Ruyan, I'd rather die."

"Why would I want to die?" A beauty in silver high heels walked by just then. She tossed her long hair, her swanlike neck adorned with an outrageously expensive necklace. She was more dazzling than diamonds. "Ji Mingkong has an eight-pack and a face worth eight million to put on the market. I'm not losing out."

When Lady Ji's shocking remarks were reported to President Ji, the man uncorked a bottle of wine without a care. "You're right. I'm the one being paid for sex."

3. No one had ever seen Ji Mingkong wrap a young woman in his suit jacket in the pouring rain, then hold the only umbrella over her head while he got soaked through.

"I'll give you my heart. Won't you stay?"

"Your heart isn't worth anything. Why would I want it?"

"Then what about my life?"

#TheEx-Husband'sRoadToRedemption

Taking advantage of a crisis, but really a match made in heaven.

A fallen princess X the keeper of a caged bird.

※Fantasy story seeking readers: Reborn: Hidden Jade

The stupidest thing Shen Qiulian ever did in her past life was pour her heart and soul into resurrecting Shi Yunzhuo.

Who could have guessed that when Shi Yunzhuo awoke, instead of being grateful to her, he joined the great clans' army to hunt her down and sent her to her death with a single arrow.

Ha. What a guy.

Reborn once more, Shen Qiulian established her own sect and decided to become an emotionless machine of revenge, making life difficult for all the great cultivation families.

When she comes across a high-grade magical artifact:

Shen Qiulian: Grab it, grab it, grab that bastard's stuff!

After eliminating evil spirits and settling the rewards:

Shen Qiulian: Move aside, move aside! It's all ours!

The various cultivation families: ??? How can your Lingyin Sect be so shameless? Are you bandits? You steal everything!

Shen Qiulian: Our shamelessness is directly proportional to the average looks of our sect. Think about it.

The various cultivation families: ...We'll have to ask the esteemed Master Shi to come out and uphold justice!

When the graceful gentleman Shi Yunzhuo and the cultivation world's number-one rogue, Shen Qiulian, faced each other, no one dared to breathe.

After a long pause, Shi Yunzhuo smiled. "I hear Junior Sister grabs everything. Do you grab people too?"

Shen Qiulian: ?

The cultivation world's male idol X the cultivation world's female idol

Theme: A story about two rich kids who'll have to return home and inherit the family business if they don't study, pretending to be poor