/A marriage-first, love-later story from the heroine's perspective/A secret crush that comes true from the hero's perspective/
Su Xingye, the youngest daughter of the Su family, was well known far and wide for her spoiled, haughty temper and unreasonable behavior.
But with her otherworldly beauty and naturally captivating face, she still attracted countless wealthy second-generation heirs from families in the same circles.
Usually, though, they would keep their distance within a month, driven away by her spoiled temper.
Later, the Su family fell on hard times, and Su Xingye's quality of life took a steep plunge.
Those who had once pursued her waited to see her make a fool of herself.
With her personality, without the Su family's protection, even if she did manage to find a rich patron to support her, she'd either end up divorced or beaten.
Everyone waited to see her humiliated.
Everyone longed to see her humiliated.
It wasn't until they witnessed the lavish, billion-dollar wedding of the century that they learned the rich patron she'd found was none other than Zhou Xiao.
The new rising star of Beicheng, a business legend who had built his fortune from nothing. He was ruthless and cold, proud and aloof, concerned only with profit and unmoved by feelings.
There was plenty of speculation about why he had agreed to marry Su Xingye.
Either he wanted her for her looks, or he wanted the Su family's connections.
After all, even a starving camel is bigger than a horse.
Whichever it was, the result would be the same: once he'd used her, he'd toss her aside.
Everyone was ready to enjoy the spectacle of Su Xingye being thrown out in disgrace.
Some even secretly set up a betting pool, wagering on how long it would take before she was dumped.
Some bet on six months, some on a year, others on two.
A long, pale finger placed a card on the betting table. Her vermilion lips slowly spoke five words: "I bet two months."
Everyone stared in surprise at the person placing the bet.
She wore a white, floor-length dress that hugged her curvy figure. Her long, wavy hair was casually pinned up behind her head. With skin like cream, alluring peach-blossom eyes, and a light-brown beauty mark beneath the corner of one eye, she looked even more charming.
No one had expected the person at the center of all this to be there in person, let alone to join the betting.
Everyone was awkwardly silent.
Su Xingye, however, wasn't fazed. Instead, she looked utterly confident. She tossed her hair and walked away.
She'd just checked the odds: 1 to 100.
She was going to make a fortune.
As she dreamed of getting rich through gambling, she realized things were taking an unexpected turn.
She used her old tricks on him, treating him the way she used to treat all those persistent suitors.
She made one unreasonable demand after another.
She ordered him around, telling him to wash her feet.
But instead of getting angry, he actually seemed to... enjoy it?
...What happened to the cold, unfeeling man everyone said he was?
Wasn't the usual response to give her a cold look, kick away the footbath in front of him, make her face up to her situation, and then walk away without looking back?
How had this man... not only washed her feet, but also given her a full-body massage afterward?
The wealthy heirs who'd been waiting for a show had waited a whole year without getting one.
Instead, they witnessed a very public display of affection.
An established domestic snack brand suddenly announced it was shutting down because of poor management.
Not long afterward, a netizen noticed that the brand's snacks were back in production.
The relevant website listed it as a subsidiary of Zhou Group.
There was plenty of speculation about Zhou Group's acquisition of the brand.
Perhaps Zhou Xiao's ambitions reached beyond real estate and finance, and he was now expanding into the food industry.
But the brand had long since fallen out of favor. Apart from a little childhood nostalgia, it had nothing going for it in taste or prospects.
The people involved responded through the company's official social media account.
---Because my wife likes it.
Su Xingye felt heartbroken over the card she'd bet.
It held every penny she owned.
Zhou Xiao pulled her into his arms and kissed her again and again. "Let's get our assets notarized tomorrow. Everything I own is yours."
A proud, dazzling beauty x a domineering CEO who spoils his wife without limits
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