After losing another five hundred million for his own company, Zhao Jiaxuan came up with a counterattack strategy: before the Zhao and Yan families' business bidding four months from now, he'd win over the cold and heartless Yan Zhen, sabotage the Yan family's bid, and then dump Yan Zhen.
Month One: He heard Yan Zhen hated idle rich kids, so Zhao Jiaxuan disguised himself as an ordinary graduate and became Yan Zhen's secretary, pouring tea and running errands. He served him for thirty days, and nothing happened. Damn iceberg! But no matter.
Month Two: He heard Yan Zhen liked hardworking people with strong business skills, so Zhao Jiaxuan stayed up all night with Yan Zhen for over half a month and finally helped the Yan family land a major project. Still, nothing happened. Stinking capitalist! But no matter.
Month Three: He heard Yan Zhen had a birthday coming up, so Zhao Jiaxuan pulled out all the stops to decorate the venue, pick a gift, set the mood, and prepare a surprise. But Yan Zhen had to go abroad on a last-minute business trip that day, and nothing happened again. Scumbag! But... no matter.
Month Four: Zhao Jiaxuan heard Yan Zhen was getting engaged... The mission had failed. It mattered. A lot.
Yan Zhen noticed that Zhao Jiaxuan, who had always followed him around, had disappeared. No one was at his apartment, he wouldn't answer his calls, and he hadn't even gone back to the Zhao family. Yan Zhen searched for him for an entire month, until the day of the “bidding,” when he finally saw the man he had nearly gone crazy looking for.
He cornered him in the lounge, only to see Zhao Jiaxuan with red eyes, as if he'd been crying. “You won the bid and got engaged, too. President Yan, what a double victory in business and love.”
Yan Zhen explained, “There was no bidding. The engagement banquet we arranged four months ago was for the Zhao-Yan family alliance.”
Zhao Jiaxuan: “?”
“Congratulations on completing your mission, fiancé...”
Zhao Jiaxuan: “!” Why does it feel like I've been played?
Zhao Jiaxuan (shou) + Yan Zhen (gong)
The gong has been secretly in love with the shou all along, and his feelings are obvious; the shou is slow on the uptake.
A fluffy, no-brainer romance. Don't think too hard.
Theme: I didn't have a choice before, but now I just want to be a good person
