Ji Qingshang came to the Meng family when she was sixteen.
Dressed in patched, coarse clothes, she nervously kept her hands and feet tucked in as the woman leading her introduced the person ahead: "This is Mr. Meng, the man who agreed to sponsor your education."
She lowered her head, not daring to look at him, and said, "Hello, Mr. Meng."
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According to everyone else, Mr. Meng was gentle and refined, with a fortune to match. His only drawback was an old injury from an accident in his youth. He needed hearing aids to hear.
She moved into the Meng residence, a Southern Ocean-style house. From the time she was sixteen to the time she was twenty-two,
through the changing seasons, she saw countless people come and go at Mr. Meng's side, but not one of them stayed for long.
Once, she plucked up the courage to ask him about it. All she got was the man's reply: "I have no intention of getting married."
So, on the day she graduated from university, Ji Qingshang formally asked to move out of the Meng residence.
Mr. Meng kindly told her that if she ever needed help, she should just ask.
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They met again a year later.
Invited by the boy she had a crush on, Ji Qingshang drove to meet him, only for a Bentley that suddenly swerved in front of her to smash the front end of her car to pieces.
She got into Mr. Meng's car, which had happened to be passing by, and politely asked if he could take her to the place where she had her date.
The car was filled with drifting incense, and silence reigned.
Right in front of her, the man slowly took off his hearing aids. "I'm sorry."
Meng Yinhe looked at her with quiet refinement and smiled. "Qingshang, would you mind repeating that?"
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"Tear apart the respectable-man facade, make him crack, make him go crazy."
| Two-faced businessman X clearheaded female student
| Lodger trope, forbidden love, both first-timers, happy ending, eight-year age gap
Theme: A harmonious family brings success in everything
