1.
The day Xu Zhiyi first met Shen Shijing, she knew he was a scoundrel who cared about money and nothing else.
Shen Shijing was greedy, cowardly, afraid of pain, and even a bit of a crybaby. Apart from his good looks, there wasn't a single thing to recommend him.
And yet, this man with a long list of faults caught the eye of Xu Zhiyi, the eldest daughter of the Xu family, in some remote backwater. After following the young heiress back to the capital and enjoying a month of luxury, he willingly married into the Xu family. In one fell swoop, he went from rags to riches, and added bullying others with his family's influence to his list of flaws.
Xu Zhiyi needed exactly this kind of person. Shen Shijing was broke, shortsighted, and insecure. But precisely because he was so full of flaws, Xu Zhiyi could manipulate him with ease.
With Shen Shijing at her side, Xu Zhiyi could stay with the Xu family, expand her empire, and take on the greatest enemy of her life, Zhou Jun.
2.
But unfortunately, Xu Zhiyi failed.
After antagonizing the powerful Zhou family, Xu Zhiyi was driven out of the Xu family. She lost not only her status as the Xu family's eldest daughter, but also all the cars and houses in her name, which were auctioned off to pay her debts.
She was truly penniless.
She had failed and lost everything.
Everyone thought that Shen Shijing, the money-grubbing scoundrel, would leave Xu Zhiyi now that she'd fallen from power.
Xu Zhiyi thought so too. Shen Shijing had been by her side for over a year, and she knew him.
When she heard that Shen Shijing had really run off, Xu Zhiyi didn't think much of it. She had only forty thousand yuan to her name, so she asked the only friend she could still contact to send twenty thousand to Shen Shijing.
But no one expected Shen Shijing to come back.
He hadn't run away. He'd brought more than two hundred thousand yuan and gave it to Xu Zhiyi as working capital.
3.
The day Shen Shijing returned, Xu Zhiyi sat on a low stool in the last house awaiting auction. She smoked a cigarette, her face expressionless, as if she weren't the one about to be left with nowhere to go.
The door opened. Shen Shijing crouched in front of Xu Zhiyi, his eyes full of concern. She heard him say,
"Xu Zhiyi, you can do this!"
Xu Zhiyi's fingers trembled. A faint flicker of surprise appeared in her usually unflappable eyes. She lowered her head and, through the smoke, looked directly at Shen Shijing for the first time. She had always looked down on him.
In her eyes, Shen Shijing was a self-serving opportunist. If she hadn't wanted to avoid an arranged marriage, she would never have gotten to know him.
But now, Xu Zhiyi could only feel that the bank card in her hand was burning hot.
At that moment, Xu Zhiyi finally realized something.
She actually didn't know Shen Shijing all that well.
[Reader's note] The two are perfect for each other. No one is allowed to insult my OC, and of course, no one is allowed to insult me either!
Theme: Love can make people fearless.
