The Spoiled Wife Prefers the Poor to the Rich

[This story becomes paid from Chapter 21 onward. If you've already read it, please don't buy it again. I beg you to support the official version.] [Updates between noon and 3 p.m. I can't come up with a blurb or title. Upcoming stories are listed below.] This is a clichéd domineering-CEO-falls-in-love-with-me story (crossed out). Xu Yongshao has nothing special about him except his money; Kang Yan has nothing special about her except her poverty; Xu Yongshao thought his scholarship recipient would be a sweet, gentle female student, but when they first met, she tried to drag him to the police station. He also never expected the benefactor to fall in love with the recipient, while the recipient cared nothing for wealth. She would rather work part-time than take his dirty money, and was determined to escape the rich people's world and Xu Yongshao's possessiveness. How do you leave a domineering CEO? Kang Yan's answer: Pay him back, and become financially independent. So, before she could become independent, he did everything he could to cage her. Stubborn, innocent white lily × domineering, obsessive CEO. The classic old-school pairing. (Do I even need to say they're both gorgeous? Forced possession, no explanation needed.) * Reader notes: 1. The male lead is in his thirties. Readers who require a chaste male lead, stay away! The female lead has a childbirth plotline. If you dislike that, stay away! 2. The female lead is weak and the male lead is strong. She is miserable, stubborn, and resilient; he's powerful, shameless, and unreasonable. No rival love interests: the story focuses entirely on the main couple. 3. Slightly realistic and extremely melodramatic, with an even balance of sweetness and angst. An old-school angst story with no heart, liver, spleen, or lungs being dug out, and no car accidents or incurable cancer. The characters' actions are kept as reasonable as possible, though I may deliberately pile on the melodrama. [Upcoming Story 1] The Fatal Parasitic Flower A revenge story about taking down scumbags, set in an alternate version of the old society with no connection whatsoever to the modern world (emphasis added). * Shi Yiqing's family was destroyed. She followed her fiance to Xiangxi City, hoping to scrape together enough to eat, but he betrayed her, and she became a tycoon's caged bird... Shi Yiqing came to her senses after falling into despair. The betrayer would have nowhere to turn, and the abuser would be sent to prison; The man who loved her would never have her, and the one who loved money would lose his entire family fortune... She would take away whatever they valued most, and show them that even someone who seemed weak couldn't be humiliated at will. * When Wu Luwen first met her, she was pretending to be foolish as she fought back; The second time he met her, she was pretending to be innocent to deceive someone; The third time, she proposed that they work together to overthrow a tycoon; Wu Luwen began to wonder what the false, delicate flower would be like if she bloomed in his hands. Only after taking her into his grasp did he understand: the petals were just a facade. Inside, she was a thicket of thorns, ready to wound anyone who let their guard down. * Content warnings: 1. Highly toxic elements: The female lead is not a virgin, and the tycoon in the blurb is not the male lead. Readers who require a chaste female lead, stay away! 2. The female lead is ambitious and ruthless to others and herself. The male lead is a fake gentleman, an old bastard who wears prayer beads and claims to shun the world and stay out of things. [Upcoming Story 2] Warning! Mutant Big Shot Spotted Wasteland setting, tough-as-nails queen × wolf-dog boy Feel free to check out my profile for other upcoming stories. Add them to your reading list if you're interested. I won't make you regret waiting. Theme: Money is useful, but it won't always be.