Roses Beneath the Pillow

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Jiang Nanyin met Meng Huaijing for the first time just after her biological parents brought her home.

Her parents treated him with the utmost respect and told her to call him "Uncle."

Jiang Nanyin looked up at him. His refined features were half-hidden in the light and shadow as he glanced over at her, seemingly unconcerned. His eyes held not a trace of emotion.

Later, she learned that Meng Huaijing was the heir to one of Hong Kong City's most prestigious wealthy families, with a fortune to match.

At the banquet that should have been held for her, everyone felt sorry for Jiang Xi, who had been overshadowed by her arrival, and mocked her. She fled in embarrassment to a corner.

A faint sandalwood fragrance drifted over. She noticed the man beside her, his eyes half-lidded.

"Uncle, could I stay here with you for a while?"

She sounded timid, fragile, and pitiful.

"Suit yourself."

*

The unapproachable head of the Meng family had always been proper and aloof, making people wary and afraid to approach him.

But lately, a gentle figure had been appearing by his side again and again.

When people asked, he only said coolly, "She's a little niece from my family."

Later, Meng Huaijing quietly got married, but kept his wife hidden away.

His friends were curious and kept asking around. At last, they cornered him at his own front door and saw a stunning young woman behind him. They looked at him scornfully. "Didn't you say she was just a little niece from your family?"

Meng Huaijing leaned lazily against the door and gave a derisive laugh. "We're not related by blood. What kind of uncle would I be to her?"

A little extra:

Recently, a sensational headline in a Hong Kong City tabloid went viral overnight, exposing a shocking scandal involving the city's top family, the Mengs.

In the video, the usually desireless young heir of the Meng family gazed at the girl before him, his eyes touched with tender affection.

The girl held a sparkler. Beneath the fireworks, she was dazzling beyond compare as she smiled and threw herself into his arms. "Uncle, may you be safe and well every year."

The man held her close and lowered his head to kiss her, his kiss reverent and indulgent.

Netizens cursed the rich for being shameless enough to make a move on their own niece. The internet nearly crashed.

That day, the official Meng Group account posted: [It's proper, and it's legal. My wife @Jiang Nanyin, Su Embroidery inheritor]

Netizens: Well, now everyone knows this young couple's little role-playing game :)

Reader's note: 1. The leads are not related by blood or family ties.

2. Updates at midnight.

--- Blurb for Chen Chen Xiang Yin ---

At an auction, Chen Yinghuai, head of a top family in the capital, and Chen Xianhao, daughter of a scholarly family in Shanghai, bid on the same painting.

Neither would give way, and in the end, the price reached eighty million, forcing Chen Xianhao to give up.

During the intermission, Chen Xianhao stepped outside to clear her head. She happened to see Chen Yinghuai chatting with a friend. She should have left, but then she heard her own name.

"Couldn't you have let Miss Chen have the painting and made the beauty smile?"

Paintings were common, but beauties as dazzling and unforgettable as Chen Xianhao were rare.

After a while, she heard the man give a cool laugh. "Her smile isn't worth two hundred million."

Everyone said Chen Yinghuai had an exceptional eye. Whatever he set his sights on would increase in value several times over. This time, Chen Xianhao had seen it for herself, and now they had a grudge between them.

*

They met again at a matchmaking event. The Chen family was on the brink of bankruptcy, and Chen Xianhao was intent on finding a sucker to take over their mess. She saw the refined-looking man in the cafe. The woman in front of him was heavily made up and casting flirtatious glances, while he looked thoroughly impatient.

She went over, linked her arm through Chen Yinghuai's, and looked at him with tearful eyes. "Are you going to leave me?"

Chen Yinghuai looked at her arrogantly, his gaze as cold as ice. For a moment, she wanted to back down. Just as she was about to pull her hand away, he took hold of it and murmured indulgently, "How could I bear to leave you?"

Feeling the strength of his grip around her wrist, as though he might crush it, Chen Xianhao smiled sweetly and pinched the soft flesh at his waist.

They couldn't stand each other. She despised his pursuit of profit, while he looked down on her for her self-righteous airs. Their marriage shocked everyone.

Everyone was certain they would split up sooner or later. But months passed, and the young master Chen started going to auctions even more often, spending lavishly on paintings.

People were curious. "Are all these paintings going to appreciate in value?"

Young Master Chen slowly turned the wedding ring on his ring finger, his voice indulgent and affectionate. "It's simply because my wife likes them."

A profit-driven capitalist x a cool, dazzling heiress

Theme: Someone will always love you.