After Faking My Death, the Big Shot Came Looking for Me

■ The regretful chase to win him back | Face-slapping, sugary melodrama | Powerful man bows his head for love

■ Resilient, independent, beautiful painter bottom x high-status, ruthless, obsessive top

To secure a stable business partnership, the Lin family sent Lin Xu, their illegitimate son and least-favored child, to Fu Chengmu.

Fu Chengmu was the head of the Fu family, the most powerful wealthy family in Nancheng. He was ruthless, sinister, and decisive, a dangerous man who could keep others safe.

Lin Xu thought he had finally escaped the misery of the Lin family, never expecting that he had fallen into an even deeper pit.

Lin Xu stayed by Fu Chengmu's side for two years.

Everyone knew he was nothing but a plaything. If his profile hadn't somewhat resembled Fu Chengmu's white moonlight, he wouldn't have been married into the Fu family.

"Don't be so flirtatious. If he were here, he wouldn't act like you."

"Painting? Throw all that away tomorrow. I've arranged dance lessons for you..."

"Soften your gaze. Yes, now you look like him."

That's right. Lin Xu, Lin Xu.

As cheap as willow fluff, nothing but a bargain replacement. He had no choice but to let others manipulate him.

He had to be beautiful and sensible, obedient and gentle, and ready to please in bed, giving Fu Chengmu whatever he wanted.

Perhaps then Fu Chengmu would love him a little. Perhaps then the Lin family would remember that he had been good to them.

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At one high-society gala, rain poured down.

Lin Xu waited all night at the entrance for Fu Chengmu.

Only after he fainted and was carried inside did he see that Fu Chengmu had already arrived with his dance partner on his arm, drinking and chatting amid a world of luxury and indulgence.

And there he was, disheveled and completely out of place at the gala.

"You mean Lin Xu?"

"He's a worthless little toy. Why would I care?"

Fu Chengmu said it casually, flirting suggestively with the person beside him.

Later, word spread through high society that the Fu and Jiang families were old friends, and that President Fu and Young Master Jiang were in love with each other.

Then what was he?

Lin Xu's heart turned to ash. He placed the divorce papers in front of Fu Chengmu. "Mr. Fu, let me go."

But Fu Chengmu treated it like a joke, regarding him with amusement. "Who gave you the impression you could leave?"

Then came another night of intimacy that left him nearly in despair.

After returning home, Lin Xu caught a chill.

He ran a high fever for three days and nights.

Fu Chengmu never came to see him.

As soon as he recovered from his serious illness, before Fu Chengmu could react,

Lin Xu vanished into the surging sea, never to be seen again.

The search team scoured the waters for half a month.

Lin Xu seemed to have vanished from the face of the earth. Not even a trace of his body was left behind.

After that, the head of the Fu family changed completely and went mad.

The name Lin Xu became taboo, a secret landmine that no one in their circle dared mention.

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Three years later, in an obscure town in Jiangnan,

a reclusive porcelain artist, mentored by an artistic master, revived intangible cultural heritage and made a name for himself overseas.

Fu Chengmu rushed there like a mad dog, desperately begging him to stay by his side. All he got in return was cold indifference.

The years they had spent together became a blunt knife, cutting Fu Chengmu's heart to pieces, one stroke at a time. Now, as he was being slowly put to death, Fu Chengmu finally understood that he could never live without Lin Xu.

Meanwhile, Lin Xu returned to Nancheng and took control of the Lin family as its heir, leaving the Fu family to bow and scrape before him.

Fu Chengmu's voice was nearly hopeless and hoarse. "Lin Xu, I've been waiting for you all this time."

"Oh." Lin Xu pushed him away, unmoved, and smiled calmly. "What? Does President Fu like being a cheap toy who throws himself at people now?"

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1. Happy ending

The first version of this blurb was screenshotted on 2023/6/1

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