Who's Better at Pretending?

Ying Nuan is a proper, honest, ambitious woman. She’s beautiful, works at a major company, gets promoted quickly, and has a smooth love life, too. At the company’s annual party in her second year on the job, Xue Jian, the company owner’s younger son, attended and fell in love with her at first sight. Ying Nuan spent six months getting to know him before finally nodding yes.

They were together for two years. Ying Nuan was a considerate girlfriend, taking care of Xue Jian day in and day out. When he was hungry, she brought him food. When he was cold, she bought him clothes. When he was sick, she stayed up around the clock to care for him. Xue Jian seemed to love her, too.

When they began discussing marriage, Ying Nuan’s friend threw her a bachelorette party at a bar on the eve of their engagement. By an unlikely coincidence, Ying Nuan saw Xue Jian there, kissing a woman passionately.

Ying Nuan was a girl with principles, so she handed Xue Jian his ring right there and then. Her movements were calm, and her expression was remarkably composed.

Unlike her, Xue Jian was frantic to explain. Ying Nuan handed him a wet wipe. “Wipe the lipstick off your mouth first. It’s really bothering me.”

Ying Nuan’s decisiveness neatly severed their relationship, strand by strand.

Heartbroken, Ying Nuan began focusing on her career. Once, after drinking with a client, she got thoroughly drunk. When she woke up, she found herself in Pei Shen’s bed.

Pei Shen was the heir to the Zhouzhi Group, and Xue Jian’s childhood friend, someone he’d practically grown up sharing a pair of pants with. Pei Shen had a captivating, flirtatious face, but he was pure and restrained, interested in cars, not women.

Ying Nuan thought she was doomed.

She was a very honest woman. After breaking up with her cheating ex-boyfriend, sleeping with his best friend sounded like deliberate revenge. It wasn’t something an honest woman would do.

Little extra:

Ying Nuan’s colleagues all knew that, despite her bewitching face, she was far too honest and proper. They privately guessed that she was probably old-fashioned and dull to the extreme when it came to men.

Pei Shen thought the same at first. But after dating Ying Nuan for a month and moving in together, the self-proclaimed virile young master Pei even started considering adding stir-fried chives and kidney to all three meals.

Ying Nuan, who kept him waking up twice a night and worked him into a state of restless desire, was really damn far from proper.

A heroine who looks very proper × a hero who seems to have no worldly desires

In reality, neither is what they seem (●--●). They’re both putting on an act, and the heroine’s wild side is more than the hero can handle. Likewise, the hero’s worldly desires leave the heroine overwhelmed.

Overworked office worker × young master heir

Theme: Be brave.