*Updates paused. I wrote this just to amuse myself and pass the time when I was bored. I'm grateful that some friends have taken an interest in it, but I tend to do as I please, and I may disappoint you. I apologize for that, too.
Everyone thought the marriage was a case of the Xu family selling off their daughter to save their crumbling fortune, while Chen Jiarong married her to secure his standing in the family. A union brought together purely by self-interest.
In the two months after their wedding of the century, not even the most seasoned gossip rags managed to publish a photo of the newlyweds together, nearly confirming that their marriage was nothing but a business deal.
At her own villa, Xu Chenfei looked serene and relaxed as she watered the flowers. She joked with her housekeeper, who was also an old friend of many years:
