1. Zhou Fu is the youngest concertmaster in the country, and has won major awards at home and abroad at a remarkably young age.
Rumor has it she was abandoned as a child, then taken overseas and raised by a mysterious tycoon, who showered her with wealth.
Far too many people envy Zhou Fu for effortlessly attaining her star-studded status. They try to sabotage her openly and in secret, but all end up suffering major setbacks, never to rise again.
So no one dares scheme against Zhou Fu anymore. They are all afraid of the person backing her.
2. Bai Zhuoshi comes from a prestigious family, commands immense wealth and power, and is used to controlling everything. He is also adept at hiding his true feelings behind words of denial.
People often wonder what sort of person could possibly tame that sharp tongue of his.
Bai Zhuoshi says there is no such person, but he knows that the moment Zhou Fu glares at him, he shuts up.
Zhou Fu meets all his requirements for a partner. She is obedient and sensible, and fits his needs perfectly, both physically and emotionally.
He thought the two of them would keep going like this forever, but at some point, Zhou Fu began to seem mysterious and impossible to control...
3. Her relationship with Bai Zhuoshi healed Zhou Fu's miserable childhood. She depended on it and protected it, but gradually realized that the relationship was not going in the direction she had imagined.
After her first solo concert since returning to the country, Zhou Fu was cornered by a reporter with bad intentions, who pressed her with questions. "Now that you've returned, are you planning to settle down?"
Zhou Fu's answer was startling: "Wherever Bai Zhuoshi is, that's home."
Zhou Fu's frank words swept through every street and alley in Beicheng. When they finally reached Bai Zhuoshi, he was overjoyed inside, yet still put on his usual stubborn front. "Zhou Fu is still young. She was just joking. Don't take it seriously."
4. Bai Zhuoshi dismissed all her careful efforts with "You're still too young," so Zhou Fu promptly moved out of the Bai family home.
During the days they kept their distance, Zhou Fu lived freely and as she pleased, with one admirer after another around her. The strangest story people told was about some rich young heir who knelt outside Zhou Fu's apartment building for half the night without even seeing her.
At a dinner party, someone brought it up while drunk. Before Zhou Fu could say anything, Bai Zhuoshi let out a mocking laugh. "Kneeling won't work. Zhou Fu has no conscience."
That night, Zhou Fu demanded indignantly, "How do I have no conscience?"
Bai Zhuoshi admitted, "I knelt for several days straight, and you still didn't forgive me."
"Why don't you say where you knelt?"
"On the bed." Bai Zhuoshi shamelessly added, "But I had to make either your body or your heart give in, didn't I?"
Reading Guide:
1. Happy ending | One-on-one romance
2. Eight-year age gap
Theme: Break before you build; neither add nor subtract.
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