[Gentle college student x powerful, domineering man]
[Six-year age gap / familiar tropes / chasing his wife / captivity]
1.
Liang Xucun first met Wen Ying at his nephew's birthday party.
The young woman had a gentle appearance, with brows like distant green hills, and spoke softly. At her nephew's urging, she called him timidly, "Uncle."
Every movement was as docile as a lamb. She was impossibly sweet.
Liang Xucun took an interest at once and acted on it.
She was so obedient. It would be a shame not to keep her in a cage.
2.
Wen Ying had heard of Liang Xucun, the elder her boyfriend both respected and feared.
He was the true power behind the Liang family, the very image of a gentleman, decisive and ruthless, a black-hearted man in every sense.
His one flaw was that he couldn't hear and had to wear hearing aids.
She couldn't afford to offend him, so she treated him with respect.
Who would have thought that very night, her boyfriend would give her to Liang Xucun as a gift and send her to his apartment?
Wen Ying was terrified and kept begging him to stop.
The man's gaze burned as he slowly took off his hearing aids.
The next moment, he grabbed the back of her neck and covered her in kisses.
When passion took hold, he coaxed her:
"Baby, don't cry."
"From now on, I, Liang Xucun, will be your protector. You don't have to fear anyone."
Liang Xucun was a man of his word.
Her studies went smoothly, she owned countless properties, and she had more designer jewelry than she could wear even if she changed outfits every day. Her relatives rose along with her.
She had everything, except freedom.
3.
After Liang Xucun fell from power, her boyfriend came to find her. "Yingying, I'm here to take you home."
Wen Ying agreed without hesitation.
Half a month later, someone inexplicably knocked her out and abducted her onto a ship.
The man the outside world had loudly declared dead stood by her bed. When he saw her wake up, his eyes turned cold and his voice grew hoarse. "You don't listen, Wen Ying."
One-on-one romance with no cheating.
The male lead is crazy and cruel.
Theme: There is no blame in speaking, only a lesson for those who hear.