Earthy romance / Ten-year age gap / An old flame rekindled
Delicate, high-maintenance heroine vs. powerful man
Liang Qingci was unlucky.
The real daughter who had been lost as a child, she spent twenty years struggling in the slums. At long last, she returned to her birth parents, only to find that the couple clearly preferred the fake daughter who had been by their side for over a decade.
The fake daughter's devoted admirer made things difficult for Liang Qingci at every turn, calling her a country bumpkin who couldn't fit into their upper-class circle and telling her to go back where she came from.
The fake daughter's best friend had her eye on Liang Qingci's childhood sweetheart. Through threats and temptations, she stole him away, leaving Liang Qingci completely alone.
At the lavish birthday party her parents threw for the fake daughter, Liang Qingci was cornered by the fake daughter, her devoted admirer, and her best friend at the top of the stairs. They mocked her as wine soaked through her dress, leaving her in a wretched state.
Just as tears were about to fall, someone slowly descended the wooden spiral staircase behind her. The fake daughter and the other two turned pale and lowered their heads like drenched quails. "Uncle."
Before Liang Qingci could turn around, an expensive black suit jacket was draped over her.
That day, for the first time, the Liang couple publicly scolded the fake daughter and made her apologize.
Amid the chaos, Liang Qingci spotted the kind man who had just helped her, sitting on the sofa.
The current head of the Pei family, Pei Jingyi.
Powerful and influential, ruthless, and indifferent to women.
Even Liang Qingci's parents had to address him respectfully as "Master Pei."
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After Liang Qingci married Pei Jingyi, the fake daughter and her friends imagined that she was miserable every day.
They heard she cried all the time and was covered in bruises.
And Pei Jingyi supposedly thought she was too embarrassing to show off, so he never let her leave the house.
In reality, Liang Qingci was finally living the life of her dreams. She slept until she woke naturally, and the moment she opened her eyes, a dozen maids would come to attend to her and help her get dressed.
All she did each day was eat, drink, and have fun, using Pei Jingyi's card to shop to her heart's content.
The only thing she wasn't quite satisfied with was that Pei Jingyi's demands in bed often left her exhausted.
One time, after waking with an aching back and waist, Liang Qingci looked at the man putting on a white shirt with his back to her and snapped, "You're just like them. You bully me too."
The man turned around and tugged at his tie with one hand. "Baby, that's called marital duty, not bullying."
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