Luxury Goods

[Secret Crush Comes True] [Marriage Before Love] [Switching Grooms]

No one knew the past of Bo Yao, the glamorous heiress of a wealthy family.

It was buying half a pound of cheap bread in a group order and making it last three days, strange men leering at her in the cramped stairwells of dilapidated buildings, and scraping together tuition payments at the very last minute.

Bo Yao wanted money, lots and lots of money, enough to fill the bottomless pit of fear in her heart.

At fourteen, her wealthy biological father, whom she had never met, told her she was his illegitimate daughter. He had gone to great lengths to bring her back into the family, he said, and she ought to repay him.

She lowered her eyes to her faded collar and said, "All right."

At twenty-two, the family business struggled to restructure. Her father cultivated ties with the prestigious Chi family and arranged for her to meet their young master, whose scandals were all over the news.

She gripped her designer handbag until her nails left five marks and said, "All right."

At twenty-four, the groom abandoned her at the wedding to chase after his ex-girlfriend. She was left standing there like a joke, while her future in-laws told her to forgive his impulsiveness.

Wearing a wedding dress worth a fortune and looking radiant, she smiled and said, "All right."

Ever since she took off her faded old school uniform and put on designer clothes she could never have afforded in her past life, Bo Yao had known that all her romantic fantasies were luxuries she was destined never to have.

But even though she understood that so clearly, as she gracefully left beneath the guests' curious stares, she stood alone in an empty hallway, her slender, pale hands trembling as she awkwardly unwrapped a pack of wedding cigarettes. She couldn't get one lit.

Someone reached out and took the cigarette from her hand.

It was her fiance's cousin, Chi Weizhou, the ruthless, cold-blooded rising star of the business world.

He was also the distant, unattainable crush she had secretly looked up to countless times back in school.

"Want revenge? Then get a new groom." Chi Weizhou held the cigarette between his long fingers. The setting sun outlined his striking, stern features as he looked down at her, utterly nonchalant. "Make it me."

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Her one true romantic fantasy.

Theme: A healthy, fulfilling relationship takes effort from both people