[Blurb]
At twenty, Wen Mi's mother casually tossed her into an arranged marriage.
Her intended was Gu Huanting, a powerful and famous figure in the capital.
From their few words at the matchmaking meeting, it was clear that this powerful man was mild-mannered and cold-hearted. His true emotions were hidden in eyes shrouded like clouds and mist, flickering in and out of sight.
Gu Huanting never made his feelings toward her clear, but Wen Mi's mother couldn't wait to bundle her off to his home.
Gu Huanting made no comment about her arrival. He simply slept with her whenever he had nothing better to do.
But a young girl's heart is like spring grass. Wen Mi eventually fell for someone, though not the powerful Gu Huanting, but his special assistant, Zhong Yu.
Zhong Yu was young and handsome, an Ivy League graduate and Wen Mi's senior from the same department.
He never stared at her with a deep, inscrutable gaze as if he wanted to peel her skin off. He never treated her coldly like she was invisible. He was warm, courteous, sunny, and always smiling. Every year, he carefully picked out her birthday gift, and they never ran out of things to talk about.
On Valentine's Day, Wen Mi promised the man she loved, "At the latest, I'll break up with him next month and leave with you."
She laid her hand over his and promised gently, "You don't need to worry about our future. I've bought property in California, and I've saved up for years. We'll have nothing to worry about. You can bring your parents here to live with us."
Outside, the rain pounded down. Gu Huanting stood outside the door, lightning illuminating his refined, indifferent features.
In his palm, he clutched the ring he had intended to use to propose. In his ears, her soft words lingered: she was promising another man forever.
After firing Zhong Yu, Gu Huanting personally cooked a table full of delicious dishes. After their candlelit dinner, he knelt before Wen Mi and lowered his eyes as he slipped a ring onto her finger. His voice was gentle and steady. "I know you did nothing wrong. He was the one who seduced you."
He looked up and softly stroked her cheek. "Now, let's start over."
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[Next story] Above the Clouds
Fu Qingyu is a well-known laughingstock in Pingcheng's social circles.
Almost everyone in those circles knows that the eldest son of the Zhao family married her only because she resembles his first love. Even her name has the character "Yu" in it.
Everyone says Zhao Mengshu married Fu Qingyu just to have a substitute.
Fu Qingyu doesn't care about their mockery and ridicule.
As his substitute, she rides to work every day in a silver-roofed Maybach. She's the CEO of Lisen Entertainment and controls half the entertainment industry.
Meanwhile, the original Fu Qingyu has to work as an assistant to a young star, enduring the wind and sun every day. Whenever they meet, the original has to watch this substitute's expression.
Fu Qingyu sees things clearly: she has everything Zhao Mengshu owns. His body, status, power, and wealth are all shared with her.
Except she can't have his heart.
But his heart is the one thing she needs least.
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On the day they first meet, Fu Qingyu puts on an exquisite makeup look.
Peach-blossom eyes, cherry-red lips, and the beauty mark at the corner of her eye deliberately concealed. At first glance, every frown and smile makes her look like his first love, Sang Yu.
She wears the plain white qipao Sang Yu wears most often, holds a dark green oil-paper umbrella, and wears a string of tea-colored prayer beads on her wrist.
On the covered walkway, she waits for her fish to take the bait.
The doors open. Bodyguards line both sides of the corridor. He comes out, and his steps pause briefly when he reaches her.
Fu Qingyu turns her face to the side and gives him a measured, graceful smile.
She has practiced every detail of that smile in front of the mirror hundreds of times. Sometimes, she even wonders if Sang Yu has possessed her body.
Fu Qingyu sees the man's gaze settle, his presence cold and imposing. He doesn't come closer. He simply asks, "Name."
She has changed her name, too.
She answers softly, "Qingyu. My name is Fu Qingyu."
In truth, her original name is Fu Xi.
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Fu Qingyu has never thought that using a substitute's role as a way to climb higher is all that despicable.
All she wants in life is to stand at the mountain peak, part the clouds, and see the scenery above them.
Being a substitute is simply a shortcut.
Theme: Love can accept anything.
The writing is deliberately mysterious, but in fact, nothing is clearly written. What is the relationship between the heroine and her mother? Does the heroine's mother love the heroine's father or the hero's father? What happened back then? Who killed the heroine's father (now it seems that it was the heroine's mother). The heroine didn't know anything, or she knew and pretended not to know. Why didn't the heroine get her shares back? Still hiding it from your grandparents? The heroine is so incompetent. I don't know what she is writing in the whole text. I seem to understand but not understand [question mark] [question mark] [question mark]. It's very nerve-wracking.
At that time, I felt that Su Mingwan's revenge was what the heroine and her father deserved. Those who play with emotions have to pay a price. There are no good people, and the Gu family also has to pay a price. Only in this way can there be a story.
It's inexplicable why the two of them are always separated and reunited.
After watching this, I want to be Mimi's baby
The heroine was like this when she was a child. I thought her mother had some love for her.
I can't understand it. I really hate that the heroine has a hard life
Why do girls break up and get back together again? What operation?
It feels like the grievances of the older generation are more like murders caused by not having a long mouth.
I feel like this is too much work
Oh my god, Zhong Yu left and Charles came, hahaha