Sober Surrender

Xu Lian had made up her mind the moment she first stepped through the Jiang family gates: she would keep her identity as a fake heiress well hidden.

Being an illegitimate daughter of a wealthy family was still far better than being a nobody from the slums.

Zhong Yi grew up in a military compound. A rising business star in China, he became a hot topic online after appearing in Time magazine, with netizens joking that he was a golden bachelor whose face was even more impressive than his fortune.

And yet this very man pinned Xu Lian's hand against the wall, his handsome face pressed close to her ear. His voice was low, with a hint of teasing laughter. "Have you decided? What are you going to offer me to plead your case?"

The girl's pale, jade-like cheeks flushed red. Indignation and humiliation flickered in her bright eyes. Watching her unconsciously bite her lip, Zhong Yi felt something in him slowly growing hot.

He had always thought that he and Xu Lian were acting out a story of taking her by force, coercion, and enticement. He never imagined that Xu Lian had written a plot just for him, custom-made, ever since she first saw him in a magazine.

Zhong Yi was proud and confident, always in control of everything. Xu Lian was the one thing he could never control, the one person to whom he willingly surrendered.

The heroine is irresistible to everyone. Of truth, kindness, and beauty, she only has beauty. A top graduate of the Green Tea Drama Queen Academy, she keeps men wrapped around her little finger.

None of the male characters are good people, and each has his own flaws. Besides the self-centered, cold, and arrogant CEO male lead, they include an immature, sharp-tongued younger guy, a wild puppy of a man, and a seemingly gentle but secretly ruthless childhood friend who is a doctor with an intense need for control.

The male lead is set: Brother Zhong. This is not a stock-picking romance.

The blurb was first written on November 28, 2022, and may be revised later.

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