[Blurb]
[The novel is complete!]
To survive in the wealthy Lu family, Li Zheng, who lives under their roof, sets her sights on the family's sole heir and most distinguished future patriarch: Lu Yuheng.
She deliberately presents herself as gentle, beautiful, and obedient, pretending to be exactly the kind of woman he likes and doing whatever he says.
Her painstaking efforts pay off.
Li Zheng's standing in the Lu family steadily rises, and Lu Yuheng becomes her shield. No one dares to bully her anymore.
What's more, the ever-proud, cold, and aloof Mr. Lu cuts off all his other romantic prospects for Li Zheng, kneeling on one knee to propose to her, a helpless orphan with nothing but her looks.
He offers her the unmatched status of Mrs. Lu, treats her with a tenderness he shows no one else, and shares his entire fortune with her.
But using someone is not love.
Li Zheng has never seen Lu Yuheng as anything more than a shield to help her survive in the Lu family.
More than the Lu family's luxurious gilded cage, she longs for freedom.
She leaves behind everything Lu Yuheng gave her, takes nothing from the Lu family, and slips away on the day of their extravagant wedding.
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She returns to City A four years later.
Now with her own wings, Li Zheng plans to take back her father's business.
By then, Lu Yuheng has a beautiful woman by his side.
She is stunning, radiant, and perfect in every way, except that her eyes and brows bear a slight resemblance to Li Zheng's.
Everyone in their circle says the woman is Li Zheng's substitute.
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Next novel: Another Heart
At twenty, Wen Mi is casually tossed into an arranged marriage by her uncle.
Her intended is Gu Huanting, a famous big shot in Pingcheng.
A few words exchanged on their blind date are enough to reveal his mild, indifferent nature. His true emotions hide behind eyes veiled like clouds, forever shifting and impossible to read.
Gu Huanting never made his feelings toward her clear, but her uncle couldn't wait to bundle Wen Mi off to his house.
Gu Huanting made no comment on her arrival. He merely slept with her when he had nothing better to do.
But a young girl's heart is like spring grass. In the end, Wen Mi fell in love, though not with the big shot Gu Huanting, but with his assistant, Zhong Yu.
Zhong Yu is young and handsome, and graduated from an Ivy League school. He was her senior at the same university.
He doesn't gaze at her with inscrutable eyes as if he wants to strip her bare. He doesn't treat her like air. He's warm, polite, sunny, and always smiling. Every year, he carefully picks out her birthday present, and they never run out of things to talk about.
On Valentine's Day, Wen Mi promises the man she loves, "At the latest, I'll break up with him next month, and we'll run away together." She lays a hand over his and assures him gently, "You don't need to worry about our future. I've bought property in California, and I have years of savings. We'll have no worries about money. You can bring your parents over to live with us."
Outside, rain pours down. Gu Huanting stands by the door, lightning illuminating his refined, indifferent features.
In his palm is the ring he planned to propose with. In his ears, her tender words promise a lifetime to another man.
After firing Zhong Yu, Gu Huanting personally cooks a table full of dishes. After dinner by candlelight, he kneels before Wen Mi and slips a ring onto her finger, his tone gentle and steady. "I know you did nothing wrong. He was the one who seduced you."
He looks up, gently strokes her cheek, and says softly, "Now, let's start over."
Theme: Love is an eternal romance.
Just, why is it coming to an end so soon... The plot feels so flat. Although the heroine is pursuing a career, she always shows that she is tied up in the Lu family, which makes me feel like I have to swallow my anger. Although the male protagonist has the highest status and she is most afraid of him, she is not hiding her true side throughout the whole process. I thought there would be conflicts between the two and an explosive plot. Every time I see the heroine pretend to be gentle and face the hero, and then her face changes when she turns her back to him, I always thought that there would be an unexpected plot later, but it is almost over, and I haven't seen any ups and downs. I seemed lonely.
Ah... This conflict was resolved so easily... There wasn't even a conflict... Even if the female protagonist was afraid that the male protagonist wouldn't be able to have a direct conflict, then in the end the bottom line has been touched, and it's all over with a clearing share? Now that I think about it, I can't even tell what the heroine did throughout the whole story... Faced with the male protagonist's caution and pretense of gentleness, all of which covered up her shining points... Compared to her excellence in career and other aspects, when I read the text, the most ups and downs in my mood were actually the three chapters in a row where Ying Qi dressed up as the heroine to seduce the male protagonist...
Don't worry about that, my daughter is still better at doing things than the male protagonist!
Following along, it feels like the main text and the extra chapters are two chapters apart. The text ends with what the heroines consider to be mutual torture. By the end of the text, the heroine accepts the male protagonist's complete control. The heroine personally sent herself into the "golden cage" and compromised the surveillance and control of the hero again and again. I think she is the love brain, but it is not reflected in the main text. In the end, I even felt that everything she said and did before was self-gc and self-performance. The male protagonist accompanied her in the performance, and people around her were supporting her all the time. From my perspective, it turned into a joke. The conflicts between the male and female protagonists are layer upon layer, but I have never seen them wanting to resolve the conflict. It even gets bigger and bigger, and in the end they inexplicably let it go? None of them were really solved, not even an in-depth communication, it was like playing house... I don't think the bad guy handled it well. This refers to Baozhu. I didn't think she paid a substantial price. In the beginning, she stepped on the heroine and made her kneel to put on her shoes. The punishment later made me laugh. In my opinion, the reason for the punishment was not that she had done many bad things to the heroine. The fundamental reason was that she betrayed the hero. Regarding the male protagonist, I still agree with my point of view. I have a lot of feelings for Lu Baozhu. In one chapter, he even said to the female protagonist, "When he first arrived at the Lu family, he treated her as his niece. The reason later changed." This makes me think even more that if he wasn't separated by blood from Lu Baozhu, then he could even change his mind about Lu Baozhu. He could dote on a junior, but he doted on him so much... I couldn't agree with the sentence "To dote on Baozhu is to flatter him". The engagement between him and Nan Zhi was not settled long before Baozhu was born. Even if he wanted to take revenge on Baozhu, he should have done so after doting on Baozhu after the engagement was finalized, right? But he has doted on Baozhu since she was very young, so I don't think this statement is valid. From the beginning to now, I have always been indifferent to the male protagonist, and it was all because of the female protagonist who made me persevere. In the end, the female protagonist gave me a hammer again and again... Every time I thought she was going to be really angry with the male protagonist or open the skylight to speak frankly, there would be a hammer to wake me up and tell me that I paid wrongly... I was anxious to death across the screen, wanting her to hurry up and really show off in front of the male protagonist. As a result, the thunder was loud and the raindrops were light (it was a showdown, I was tired). Finally, congratulations on the ending, and I hope the heroine of the next book will no longer restrict herself. (Collapse)
It seems that the male protagonist is following the female protagonist, but I feel like the female protagonist is still compromising. Compromise In this marriage, not only was the male protagonist restricting his freedom, but she also took the initiative to restrict herself... Thinking of seeing the male protagonist turn pale with cold waiting for her later, she felt helpless to calm down. Then the male protagonist's "concession" later in this chapter can make her feel happy, which I don't understand. It feels like some of the things she insisted on at the beginning are being broken by herself. I even think that because she insists on not wanting to enter the ancestral hall, she will eventually make an exception for the male protagonist... Ugh :-(
The male protagonist's response is indeed quite brainless... You can respond but there is no need to write this copy... The two of them have been in conflict until now. If they don't resolve the conflict, it will only deepen. There is no substantial progress except for a chance to express their feelings. On the contrary, I feel that the male protagonist's possessiveness is stronger than love. The female protagonist is now in the whirlpool of marital pressure and public opinion, but she will definitely compromise again in the marriage. Isn't this kind of marriage tiring? If this continues, to be honest, divorce will happen one day. The female protagonist doesn't even have a chance to resist, and the male protagonist suppresses her in all aspects. She can't even mention divorce, and it's not allowed. It's really miserable.
I have read quite a few books, and my favorite is Fake Affection. However, I feel that these female protagonists always seem to be in charge, but in fact they are still being restrained by the male protagonist. It is still a bit sad to read carefully.
This, this is good, I always feel lonely after watching this... The male protagonist still seems to be strategizing and omnipotent, the female protagonist, the female protagonist suddenly seems to be a little love-minded, I don't see why, suddenly it becomes like this It's still very beautiful, and the writing is very good, but it's a bit confusing.
I thought that only Lili belonged to Lu Er... I thought that Yu Siwen might be... But I thought it was a bit ridiculous... But... It's really so... Ridiculous. (Eyes widened)
Does this woman have some serious illness? Isn't the most important thing now to teach Gao a lesson and then throw him into the oranges? Why are you still thinking about some things that are there but not... Really, there are not many female supporting characters in the article with IQs (frowning)