An Overdue Heartbeat

A poor heroine who grows through her own efforts x a nontraditional domineering CEO hero who is lovestruck, sincere, and secretly passionate.

The male lead drives the romance with his lovestruck antics, while the female lead is beautiful and career-minded.

Xu Yuan came from a poor family. At eighteen, her family suffered a devastating change, and for money she had no choice but to enter into a tacky arrangement with Luo Jiamin, the second young master of the Ju Group.

Everyone knew she was cherished by Luo Jiamin, but she didn’t care in the least, quietly making her fortune.

It wasn’t that this rich playboy was unwilling to give her money. He would bet his life that if he gave it to her, Xu Yuan would leave him the very next second without a hint of regret.

Later, the Ju Group ran into a crisis, and Luo Jiamin had no choice but to try to reverse its fortunes through an arranged marriage. He never expected Xu Yuan to leave him decisively, only for his older brother to mock him: “Only a man with no ability resorts to this kind of thing to make money.”

By the day she left him, she had already made herself a little fortune through her own business. Now she was ready to start a new life.

She would clear her mother’s name after she had been wrongfully accused, and reclaim her dream of music.

She would earn her own money and live well. She didn’t have time for love or anything like it.

Xu Yuan was mature beyond her years, quick-witted, and blessed with a naturally beautiful voice. She immediately invested in herself and entered the entertainment industry.

People asked Second Young Master Luo, “After all these years, have you finally gotten bored of her?”

“Of course. I should’ve changed things up ages ago.” He swirled his wineglass, pretending to be nonchalant.

Who knew she’d be even more ruthless? When an interviewer asked about the secret to her singing, she simply replied, “Heartbreak.”

Who dumped whom, exactly? And now she’s acting like the victim!

“Don’t you feel even a little something for me?” he asked, unwilling to accept it. After all that time together, didn’t he have any charm at all?

“Of course I like you.” Would she have spent so much time with him if she didn’t?

Luo Jiamin felt secretly pleased. He knew she couldn’t possibly not like him.

But before he could feel smug, Xu Yuan continued, “But there’s no future for us. I won’t be with you.”

“Liking him” and “being with him” were two entirely different things. She was perfectly clear-headed.

A man like him was nothing but trouble, and she understood that all too well. Even if he hadn’t been born into a wealthy family with a silver spoon in his mouth, even if he were a penniless nobody rolling around in the dirt, women would still be bewitched by that face and line up to give him money. He wasn’t just handsome, he was dangerously attractive, with the kind of aura that could upend your life and your heart at any moment. No matter how much of a scumbag he was, women would still throw themselves at him one after another.

Luo Jiamin was furious. This little woman had left him without the slightest hesitation. She said she liked him, but absolutely refused to be with him. Wasn’t that just the definition of a heartless woman?

When infighting brought down the Luo Group and he was left destitute, she was dazzling onstage, winning a major award.

The main couple is one-on-one, with an ensemble cast.

Theme: Turn a beautiful dream into a novel.