What Evil Could the Second Male Lead Possibly Do?

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After Jiang Xiuyuan died, plenty of people waited to see Xie Ying make a fool of herself.

Everyone knew that twenty years ago, Xie Mingzhi had married into the Jiang family with Xie Ying, her unwanted burden, in tow. Almost no one in the Jiang family approved.

Jiang Xiuyuan, however, had gone against everyone's wishes to marry Xie Mingzhi. He even sent his own son abroad, and the two had been estranged ever since. His son hadn't come back to visit even once in all these years.

When Jiang Xiuyuan died, Jiang Yu, who had been away for twenty years, returned as the Jiang family's heir.

Everyone said Jiang Yu was cold and difficult to get along with. Now that he was back to inherit the family business, surely he would drive Xie Ying and her mother out of the Jiang family.

Xie Ying thought so too.

After being an unwanted burden for more than twenty years, she finally realized she was the abused female lead in a novel.

She and her mother had usurped the rightful place of others, and before long, they would be driven out of the house.

To pay for her mother's medical treatment, she would have to work herself to the bone. She would go from a young lady who had never lifted a finger to a wage slave working a 996 schedule and then coming home to work two part-time jobs.

She would also meet the male lead, who would devote himself to her.

To avoid the tragic future where anyone could trample all over her, she could only cling like a ghost to her famously cold, newly returned stepbrother.

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After learning he was only the second male lead in a novel, Jiang Yu didn't give it a second thought.

At first, he was only a little confused about how he could ever be so desperate over a woman, especially when she was his stepmother's daughter.

Then one day, Xie Ying's destined male lead rose to fame and became a prominent new figure in the business world. He appeared before Jiang Yu, yet his gaze kept drifting to Xie Ying.

Jiang Yu remained calm and dismissive.

What is this guy? He thinks he can compete with me?

Theme: Never give up, never abandon