After eight years in investment banking and conquering Wall Street, Qi Yu is a legend his peers both fear and admire.
He meets Shen Shuxian at a banquet, where she has clearly walked into the wrong room.
The beautiful woman is radiant and speaks frankly: "If this works for you, we can get our marriage license tomorrow."
Qi Yu patiently listens to her, a knowing look in his eyes. The refusal on the tip of his tongue turns into, "Sure. My family has been pressuring me to get married anyway."
After they sign a marriage contract, everyone in their circle says that Young Master Qi married a woman he doesn't love because his family told him to, and that the sham marriage is bound to end sooner or later.
When a friend complains to Qi Yu that the couple are getting along badly, the man merely toys with his champagne, aloof and aristocratic. "Just leave her be."
His friend finds the advice entirely convincing.
Later, Qi Yu makes the trending headlines with a rising star in the entertainment industry. The internet erupts, and Qi Yu orders the woman blacklisted.
That very day, he cancels his work and goes alone to a small town in the northwest.
Shen Shuxian is pulled into the arms of the road-weary man. "It's all rumors from the entertainment industry. You have to trust me."
Confused, Shen Shuxian says, "Huh?"
His friend: Damn, he said you shouldn't humor women, and then went and did exactly that.
A female professor at a cultural heritage institute VS a real titan of investment banking
Theme: Married first, in love later.
