1. Sang Yue, the eldest daughter of the Sang family, has delicate features and a bright, striking presence. Her alluring, peach-blossom eyes seem to ripple with every glance, captivating people without her even trying.
Qin Sheng, CEO of the Yiyuan Group, comes from a distinguished family. He is refined, reserved, and impeccably proper. He took over the family business at a young age and now stands at the top of the pyramid, surrounded and admired by all.
The two of them have nothing to do with each other.
When they announced their engagement, everyone was stunned. Qin Sheng's friends had never even heard him mention dating Sang Yue. They asked if he'd suddenly married her because his family was pressuring him and he needed to appease them.
Qin Sheng held his wine glass, his expression indifferent, and said nothing. Everyone took his silence as confirmation. In private, they all said that Qin Sheng's marriage was as good as no marriage at all, and that the two would each live their own lives.
Sang Yue felt the same way. They barely spoke when they saw each other at home. Sometimes she'd try to start a conversation, but he would barely respond. He often left without telling her and didn't come home.
If he didn't come home, she couldn't be bothered to worry about him. They could each do their own thing, and she could enjoy her freedom.
Then one night, the man who hadn't been home for two weeks suddenly came back. Drunk and out of control, he pinned her against the wall and demanded coldly, "Why don't you message or call when I don't come home? You never even ask where I went. You don't care even when I go drinking at a bar. Do you even see me as your husband?"
Sang Yue: "..." Isn't he making too much of it? It was only a quiet bar, and he had bodyguards surrounding him. No one else could even get close. How is that carousing?
2. I heard that after getting married, Qin Sheng often stayed at hotels and stopped coming home. The couple had reached the point where they didn't even want to see each other. Their marriage must be nearly over.
Since their marriage had been arranged by their elders, their friends decided to visit and try to mediate their marital problems.
They rang the doorbell for a long time before Qin Sheng finally opened the door, leisurely fastening his shirt buttons. The corner of his lower lip was split and bleeding, and he looked impatient. "Stop ringing. My wife is still asleep."
His friends: "...?"
It's broad daylight and she's still asleep, and your lip is split from kissing. And you said you only got married to appease your family?
★Arrogant CEO vs. clear-headed heiress
★A sweet love story that starts with marriage
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Ji Rao is the only legitimate daughter of the wealthy Ji family in Haicheng. She is adored by everyone, pampered by all, and dazzlingly confident.
To take the family business to the next level, the Ji family decides to form a marriage alliance with the wealthy Shang family of Beicheng.
Ji Rao is young, so her father takes the opportunity to suggest to Old Master Ji that they bring home his illegitimate daughter, who is two years older than Ji Rao, and let her reclaim her place in the family and marry into the Shang family.
The Shang family is one of Beicheng's top wealthy families. The illegitimate daughter can't wait to show off to Ji Rao. She and Ji Rao have never gotten along, and the thought of the smug look on the illegitimate daughter and her mother's faces makes Ji Rao sick.
They think they'll use the marriage to climb the social ladder? Not a chance. Before the Ji and Shang families can formally discuss the marriage, Ji Rao will win over the intended groom. Then her father won't have any excuse to bring the illegitimate daughter and her mother home.
Shang Yanjin is the head of the Shang family, an elegant and refined man with a gentle, proper temperament. People say he's the perfect gentleman.
Ji Rao thinks he shouldn't be hard to win over, but this refined and handsome man is no pushover. She uses every trick in the book and tries every way she can to flirt with him before she finally manages to win him over.
A few months later, Ji Rao returns home with Shang Yanjin on her arm and happens to find the Shang family discussing the marriage with the Ji family. Sitting beside her illegitimate half-sister is a man, the person her sister is about to be engaged to.
The man spots Shang Yanjin, looks both surprised and honored, and immediately stands to greet him respectfully. "Uncle, what brings you here in person to discuss my marriage?"
Ji Rao: "..." Wasn't Shang Yanjin supposed to be the match for the Ji-Shang marriage alliance? How did it turn out to be his nephew?
Shang Yanjin seems to see what she's thinking and calmly introduces him. "Shang Yanqin, my nephew."
Ji Rao: "...?"
So when she'd eavesdropped outside the study and heard her father on the phone with his mistress, calling out "Yanqin, Yanqin," he meant Shang Yanqin, not Shang Yanjin!
Yanjin and Yanqin sound so similar. Couldn't this family have chosen names with a few more different letters?
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At first, Ji Rao approaches Shang Yanjin with an ulterior motive. He sees through her little tricks and treats her like an immature child, indulging her as she engineers one chance encounter after another without ever calling her out.
Later, everyone in Beicheng's social circles knows that Shang Yanjin has a young woman he cherishes and pampers above all else. She's bold enough to run away just before he is about to propose.
After that, Shang Yanjin catches Ji Rao and brings her back. For two whole months, she doesn't manage to leave his room.
Whenever she wakes from a dream in the middle of the night, held tightly in the man's arms, she regrets believing only what she wanted to hear: that there could be a gentleman in this world as warm and gentle as jade.
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[1] On a stormy night, Xi Man crouches helplessly outside the Xi family home.
A rain umbrella shelters her. Shen Wen, refined and gentle, reaches out to her with infinite tenderness. "Don't cry, Manman. Third Brother is here to take you home."
From then on, Shen Wen keeps her by his side and cherishes her like a precious treasure. Everyone thinks their relationship is solid and that they'll get married sooner or later.
Once, Xi Man accompanies Shen Wen to a friend's wedding. At the banquet, someone teases him. "Shen Wen, when are you and Xi Man planning to get married?"
Shen Wen drinks and replies nonchalantly, "Don't talk nonsense. I think of Manman as my little sister."
Xi Man puts on a gracious smile. "Don't get the wrong idea, everyone. Third Brother and I are just like siblings."
She knows Shen Wen's ex-girlfriend is coming back from overseas, and the two of them will soon get married.
Before the banquet ends, Xi Man slips away. She quietly packs her things and moves out of the Shen family home.
That night, Shen Wen comes home to find the house empty, without a trace of Xi Man left. Suddenly, his heart feels empty too.
[2]
Xi Man moves into the home of Jian Zhuobai, Shen Wen's sworn enemy.
At the Jian family home, she looks at the arrogant, sharp-tongued man before her. "You said that if I moved in, you'd help him close that business deal."
Jian Zhuobai presses his tongue against the back of his teeth, his expression unreadable. "You care about him that much? You'd do anything for him?"
Xi Man says nothing.
Shen Wen raised her for seven years. This is the last thing she'll do for him. After this, they owe each other nothing.
At the time, Xi Man never imagined that this agreement with Jian Zhuobai would lead her to leave her heart with him completely.
[3]
The guys haven't seen Jian Zhuobai for several days, so they go to his place to look for him.
On the living room sofa, they find Jian Zhuobai pinning a beauty beneath him, something he rarely does. His eyes are red with jealousy. "Has Shen Wen ever held you like this?"
Xi Man gently shakes her head.
"Has he ever kissed you?"
"No." Xi Man wraps her arms around his neck, clinging to him. "How do you kiss? Teach me."
The guys: "!!!"
Isn't that the little white rabbit who went missing from Shen Wen's house? Shen Wen is going crazy looking for her, so how did she end up hidden away here with Brother Zhuo???
It is only much later that Xi Man learns that Jian Zhuobai also went to the Xi family home the night Shen Wen took her away from its doorstep.
When he talks about that night, the man laughs bitterly, his dark eyes filled with disappointment.
He gazes out at the rain, his voice so soft it's almost inaudible. "Too bad I was a step too late."
Blurb written on November 4, 2022
Theme: Stay positive.
Masamune is about to be beaten, and he will add more injuries to his wounds to gain sympathy! Ha ha ha ha
My dear, are you going to start the next book "Jiao Rao"? I just saw that the copy of this book has been changed. Ji Rao is also the daughter of a wealthy family, and Yingying is also the daughter of a wealthy family. I said before that Shen Ying and Fu Xu will not write the novel. I was super sad for a while [tears]. Can Shen Ying be a supporting role in "Jiao Rao"? Can the heroine Ji Rao's best friend be allowed?
This time the leg must be really broken.
Is there any extra story ~ I can't bear to part with it
Just after reading Chapter 70, I was suddenly favored by the god of luck.
Oops, I feel so sad to give it up. It would be a pity that Ji Qing and Zheng Lang didn't open a book and start talking about it.
Can't bear to finish? Come on! I will always support you!
I can't bear to part with you, Xiao Sheng Sheng, Qin Dada. Oooh, I feel like there's an empty space in my heart.
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh when is the next update?
Qin Sheng is so funny, hahaha, I laughed the whole time, especially the part where I misunderstood that Sang Yue was raising a pretty boy outside, hahaha, it was so cute
Masamune is about to be beaten, and he will add more injuries to his wounds to gain sympathy! Ha ha ha ha
My dear, are you going to start the next book "Jiao Rao"? I just saw that the copy of this book has been changed. Ji Rao is also the daughter of a wealthy family, and Yingying is also the daughter of a wealthy family. I said before that Shen Ying and Fu Xu will not write the novel. I was super sad for a while [tears]. Can Shen Ying be a supporting role in "Jiao Rao"? Can the heroine Ji Rao's best friend be allowed?
This time the leg must be really broken.
Is there any extra story ~ I can't bear to part with it
Just after reading Chapter 70, I was suddenly favored by the god of luck.
Oops, I feel so sad to give it up. It would be a pity that Ji Qing and Zheng Lang didn't open a book and start talking about it.
Can't bear to finish? Come on! I will always support you!
I can't bear to part with you, Xiao Sheng Sheng, Qin Dada. Oooh, I feel like there's an empty space in my heart.
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh when is the next update?
Qin Sheng is so funny, hahaha, I laughed the whole time, especially the part where I misunderstood that Sang Yue was raising a pretty boy outside, hahaha, it was so cute