Inferior Love

On their wedding night, guests filled the area outside the bridal suite, laughing and drinking.

Tang Wanning sat on the bed beneath her wedding veil, bored out of her mind.

Then she heard a commotion at the door, and a pair of gleaming leather shoes came into view.

Someone lifted her veil, and Tang Wanning stared in shock at the man who had crossed the line.

"Sister, you look so beautiful today."

Tang Tingzhou gazed at her in a daze. Tang Wanning, however, felt a chill run through her and was overcome with shame and anger. She slapped him and pointed at the door.

"Get out!"

The young, handsome man, a bright red handprint on his face, scooped her into his arms with one hand. Ignoring her struggles, he chuckled.

"Can that useless brother-in-law of mine take care of you as well as I can?"

"He's drunk and lying there like a lump of mud. How could he possibly make you happy?"

*

Tang Wanning had meticulously planned a wedding just to put an end to Tang Tingzhou's twisted feelings for her.

But

She had underestimated his shamelessness.

Tang Wanning couldn't escape him. On the day she got divorced, she got married again.

Her new husband was still Tang Tingzhou.

Tang Tingzhou was not really called Tang Tingzhou. His original surname was Zhang.

He changed his surname to satisfy his own twisted, warped obsession, as if that were the only way to make their relationship closer.

After Tang Tingzhou took the exalted position of head of the family, his sister got married.

Everyone said it was a double celebration.

Only he sneered inwardly.

Later, Tang Tingzhou got his wish, breaking them up and forcing Tang Wanning to marry him.

"We were made for each other. Let's be together for a hundred years."

[Content warnings]

1. Younger man, three-year age gap

2. Power imbalance and forced marriage, then love; both leads are pure

3. The leads are not related by blood and are not registered in the same household

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Blurb:

In eight years since her debut, Qiu Qingzhi has won countless awards and become the top star in both film and television.

And she is only twenty-six years old.

Qiu Qingzhi owes her achievements to Tang Wennian's guidance.

When she was eighteen, she met Tang Wennian and went with him to Hong Kong City.

Back then, she wasn't called Qiu Qingzhi. She was Wang Zhaodi.

At first, he told her, "Girls can carry on the family line too. You aren't anyone's appendage, and you will always be free. From now on, your name is Qiu Qingzhi."

Later, he said, "Qingzhi, you are my muse."

A hugely successful star and a renowned director should have made for a passionate, romantic love story.

Instead, they ended up avoiding each other and never speaking again.

*

Tang Wennian, the heir to the Tang family of Hong Kong City, loved making films when he was young and had an uncompromising devotion to art.

Then one day, he met Wang Zhaodi, looking battered and disheveled.

He gave her a new name and a new life.

He paved the way for her to a bright and prosperous future.

He was deeply in love with his muse.

He wanted to control her.

"Tang Wennian, after we sleep together this one last time, let's go our separate ways."

-Love burns like a wildfire, forcing you to leave me behind-

Premise: Happiness always belongs to those brave enough to fight for it!