Moonlit Marriage [Marriage Before Love]

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[Long-Planned Scheme / Rekindled Romance / Marriage First, Love Later]

I've tried so many questions, but none of the answers have anything to do with you.

Gu Shezhou, the only son of the chairman of the North American conglomerate Huishen Group, took over its overseas business after graduating from an Ivy League university. In just three years, he reclaimed the overseas assets that had fallen into the hands of a collateral branch of the family.

Always impeccably dressed in a suit, with an elegant, cultured air and a smile playing on his thin lips, he still couldn't hide his cold heart and ruthless methods.

Three months after returning to China as president of the Greater China region, Gu Shezhou bid 220 million yuan for a sapphire ring, "The Eye of Venus."

During an interview with the media, he was asked who the ring was for.

The man, famous for his haughty, icy demeanor, faced the cameras and, in a rare show of indulgence, said, "I'm a married man. Of course I bought it for my wife."

The interview set the internet ablaze.

But in an interview from just three months earlier, the man had been full of disdain for the idea of marriage, scoffing, "Marriage? Doesn't interest me."

And in the space of three months, he had already gotten married.

Heartbroken onlookers tried to save face for him. In wealthy circles, a rushed wedding meant either a political marriage or a marriage of convenience.

Some even speculated that Gu Shezhou had married to stabilize the group's share price and bail out his spendthrift uncle, Gu Tingyu.

*

Jiang Yinmo thought so, too. From the very beginning, she knew her marriage was a transaction.

She had her own unspoken plans, and she also needed to fulfill the alliance between her family and the Gu family.

Gu Shezhou needed the status of a married man. He didn't mind if his bride was his uncle's former fiancée.

Jiang Yinmo buried all her secrets deep in her heart, including the feelings of a young girl that she'd carried away with her on a flight across the ocean during the summer of her senior year of high school, beneath a sky filled with rose-colored clouds.

*

At a society gala, the room was full of charming women, each more beautiful than the last.

It wasn't even eight o'clock when Gu Shezhou wanted to leave.

His friend teased him. "Your wife checking up on you?"

Gu Shezhou stared at his phone, looking restless, and gave a distracted answer. "...Yeah."

His friend was surprised. "I thought you two were in a marriage of convenience?"

At last, Gu Shezhou received a message, and his expression relaxed. He turned off his phone and lifted the corner of his eye. "That's right. A lifelong contract."

No one would ever know how long Gu Shezhou had spent plotting the marriage that everyone else saw as a mere contract.

And no one would ever know that when Gu Shezhou visited his uncle from the main branch of the family in a New York State prison, the last thing he said was:

"Uncle. I'll take good care of her for you, too."

※ A calculating, scheming, eccentric, possessive top-tier boss × a pure, flawless, ethereal beauty of a movie star

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