1. At the company annual party, the new junior cashier gets drunk and clings to Li Yingzhou, pouring out her troubles.
She says her parents favor boys over girls, and unless she brings home more money, they'll marry her off to a fool to settle a debt.
Though a colleague rushes over and pulls her away in time, the soft, lingering lilt of her drunken voice stays with Li Yingzhou.
After a week of careful thought, Li Yingzhou, who has suffered from insomnia for years, calls the woman into his office and solemnly offers her a part-time job.
"Lull you to sleep?"
The woman looks at the boss's cool, refined face and smiles knowingly. "Got it, got it. I understand completely."
Li Yingzhou isn't sure what she thinks she understands, not until that night...
She slips one foot out from beneath her pajamas and, eyes hazy with drink, rubs it against his trouser leg. "Mr. Li, is this how I lull you to sleep?"
That night, Li Yingzhou looks at the little fox in adorable bunny pajamas, her eyes hazy with drink, and breaks the chaste rules he'd kept for twenty-five years.
2. Their unexpected life together begins. To keep the picky, sleepy woman fed, Li Yingzhou learns to fry an egg over easy for the first time in his life.
He never expects that after mooching food, drink, and sleep from him and bossing him around for over two months, the woman will leave a note and run off.
The note says: You and I are from different worlds. I'd be better off going back to my village and marrying the village chief's foolish son.
Furious, Li Yingzhou immediately chases after her to the countryside, only to see the heartless little thing happily going through a wedding ceremony with someone else.
The man's eyes darken, his heart feels as if it's been ripped out, and he thinks: All that affection, wasted.
3. Six months later, Li Yingzhou is invited to a business banquet in another city.
At the banquet, the head of the local leading company, Gu Group, arrives with his cherished daughter.
Miss Gu is tall, with skin like jade and eyes and brows as lovely as distant mountains and spring waters.
In a custom-made, shimmering gown, every movement exudes the elegance of a socialite.
President Gu introduces them: "Mr. Li, this is my daughter, Xingli. Xingli, say hello to Uncle Li!"
Gu Xingli: Oh my god!!!
Li Yingzhou's eyes turn slightly gloomy as he suppresses a thousand acres of resentment and holds out his hand to her. "Hello, Miss Gu!"
#Crap, the man I dumped is the big shot my dad has been dreaming of partnering with#
A wayward heiress who ran away from home because she didn't want to look at financial statements VS Before meeting Lili: a cold, expressionless money-making machine + After meeting Lili: a master of cheesy pickup lines who can fry eggs like a pro
Theme: Even a rich young lady has to make it on her own!
