Northwest-South Wind

[Blurb One]

The host competition is heating up. On her way to the venue after wrapping up the second round of semifinals, Lu Ying starts feeling a little unwell.

When she was admitted to the hospital, she hadn't meant to bring an old flame back into her life. Later, when they got back together, she regretted acting on impulse. She can't deny that she'd often dreamed of him over the years, and now she has found herself reaching out to him, only to get no response.

"Fu Xu: What should I do? I can't focus on work. I've been thinking about you every second today."

Lu Ying replies: "Focus on your work. I miss you too."

Three seconds later, she edits the next message: "The second half was just a polite thing to say."

[Blurb Two]

After a year-end dinner, Lu Ying and Fu Xu, heir to the Jiayuan family, are photographed together. A post about them has been up for less than two hours when all the major gossip accounts start reposting it everywhere.

A netizen claiming to have gone to high school with her says Lu Ying has wanted to marry into a wealthy family for ages, but has always been Fu Xu's backup. Another former classmate replies that they've checked and it's true: Principal Lu wanted to introduce his daughter to the Fu family, but Fu Zhiyuan turned him down on the spot. Also, Young Master Fu has someone else in mind, but no one knows who.

That night, the top three trending topics on a social platform are Fu Xu, Lu Ying, and actresses who can't marry into wealthy families.

[New novel: At Dusk in the Mountains]

Their first meeting: registering their marriage.

Their second meeting: the wedding.

Their third meeting: the divorce.

Their marriage had the words "political match" written all over it. Three years of a stable, high-paying income and an empty home were actually... not so bad. Chao Xun had planned to be a wealthy wife in peace and quiet, until her husband, whose looks and whereabouts she only knew from gossip, finally "found true love."

When she decided to end this ridiculous marriage, she discovered that she didn't even have Fu Mian's number in her contacts. Even the divorce agreement had to be passed along through his assistant.

While carefully reading a post titled "Here's Twenty Million. Leave My Son," she clicked on another: "The CEO's Fiery Ex-Wife!"

The second she walked out of the marriage registration office, she climbed into Fu Mian's car.

She was three-tenths drunk. After all, they'd been married once. She couldn't just take the money without landing a couple of blows straight to his heart.

Theme: Build connections across north and south, and work toward a prosperous life