[Powerful, domineering father figure x gentle, sweet, alluring heiress]
Business and political tycoon x medical student | Marriage before love | Nine-year age gap | Both virgins
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A marriage alliance crashed like a bolt of thunder, shaking the upper echelons of both Jing and Hong Kong.
The Zhou family, an old-money dynasty and one of Hong Kong's most powerful clans, sent a proposal across a thousand miles to seek the hand of the young heiress of Beijing's prominent Lin family. Everyone praised the match as one made in heaven.
Behind their backs, though, people whispered that Lin Jingyu had barely graduated before being packed off to Hong Kong. Maybe the rumors were true: she was a sickly troublemaker with a stunning face but an unpleasant personality.
And the man she was marrying had spent ten years at the helm, dominating the business world. Everyone knew him as a ruthless, inscrutable man. He was undeniably handsome, but no one had ever heard of him letting a female celebrity get close. He certainly didn't seem like the sort who would treat a woman tenderly.
Lin Jingyu would have no happy life in Hong Kong. Even she thought so.
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Zhou Lancheng had spent the past thirty glorious years mastering power, wealth, rules, and people.
Having a pampered young lady in the house all of a sudden didn't seem like a big deal. At worst, she was delicate and frail, shy because of her youth, sensitive, and prone to tears... With a team carefully looking after her, she'd be easy enough to manage.
Yet later, when friends asked how married life was going, Zhou Lancheng wore an unusually grave expression and said nothing, brows furrowed.
Before long, the rumor was all around their circle: Miss Lin had failed to win his heart, and the marriage would end in divorce sooner or later.
Only Zhou Lancheng knew that his gentle, obedient wife was a piece of cold jade that no amount of warmth could thaw.
He was the one who had failed to win her heart.
[Bonus Scene]
Late one night, Hong Kong reporters caught Mr. Zhou on a date with a beauty...
Beneath a solitary, dim streetlamp, beside a Phantom with a number nine license plate, the tall man wrapped one hand around a slender waist and leaned down, his face close to the young woman's. It was hard to tell if they were kissing. His deep eyes brimmed with laughter.
The atmosphere was unparalleled. The photo went viral overnight and was hailed as the "Kiss of the Century."
At a major event, a reporter worked up the nerve to ask Zhou Lancheng about it.
His solemn expression softened like melting ice. He idly turned the wedding ring on his left hand, his deep voice warm and gentle:
"I was picking up Dr. Lin from work."
The trending topics exploded instantly. Netizens said calling her "Dr. Lin" was so sweet, a hundred times better than calling her "Mrs. Zhou."
Later, he gave her his name and built a hospital on Hong Kong Island.
She wanted to heal the world, so he washed the hands that had spent half his life stirring up storms and stayed by her side as a good man for the rest of his life.
1. A sweet, slow-burn romance in a wealthy family. Both leads are virgins and each other's first love. The hero falls first.
2. The hero is a controlling Daddy whose long-dormant feelings catch fire. The heroine is a soft, sweet little flower, but she's hard to pursue.
Theme: Become yourself first.
