Tempting Jasmine

Fu Yusheng, president of the Fu Group, lived up to his name: lofty and untouchable, distant and aloof, never paying attention to romance. His friends teased him that he’d stay celibate for the rest of his life.

But at twenty-eight, he suddenly married Meng Weilan, a minor adopted daughter of the Meng family.

Everyone was dumbfounded. They wondered if Fu Yusheng had lost his mind. How could an iron tree that had stood barren for a thousand years suddenly bloom?

Some people even confidently declared that two people so mismatched would never last.

Sure enough, their happiness didn’t last. A year later, Fu Yusheng and Meng Weilan divorced.

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After the divorce, Mr. Fu’s fortune continued to soar. He inherited all the shares his father had held before his death, gained control of the family business, and basked in success. For a time, he was unrivaled, becoming the dream man of countless wealthy heiresses.

As for Miss Meng, plenty of people laughed behind her back, saying she’d missed her chance at good fortune. She’d married Fu Yusheng when he was at his lowest, but by the time he’d recovered from his leg injury and become the undisputed head of the Fu family, she was no longer Mrs. Fu.

It seemed fate had already decided. What wasn’t hers could never be forced into her hands.

It wasn’t until they later saw Mr. Fu lower himself to beg for his wife to take him back, while Miss Meng refused to spare him even a glance, that they finally understood what it truly meant to try to force something...

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"I schemed and seduced a jasmine flower, never expecting to be rewarded with its fragrance filling my arms. And another blossom has been imprinted on my heart forever."

A gentle, resilient orphan who lives for the moment × a sharp-tongued, soft-hearted, cunning and aloof big bad wolf

Marriage first, love later. Later on, the husband will have to beg his wife to take him back. Brotherly rivalry and all kinds of melodramatic tropes tossed together, hahaha.

Both are pure. The male lead starts out in a wheelchair, but will recover after surgery.

Currently serializing "Wasabi and Milkshakes". Please add it to your collection~

○ Bright, resilient designer vs. sharp-tongued top lawyer

○ Aloof, self-important man knocked off his pedestal | marriage first, love later | bickering couple | lovers who start out at odds

Synopsis:

The year Lu Yisu graduated from college, her family went bankrupt and was buried in debt.

Before she could go home and cry in her father’s arms, the father she’d depended on since childhood announced that she was to be married.

He planned to use the lavish bride price offered by the other party to tide them over, and to "sell" his daughter off as the wife of a famously spoiled rich heir.

Lu Yisu resisted with all her might, but in the end, she had no choice but to marry.

Except she didn’t marry the playboy. She married Qiao Xingting, the legal counsel who worked part-time for her father’s company and was one of the city’s most renowned lawyers.

According to her father, this man had intercepted the marriage proposal that had been arranged for her.

Top lawyer Qiao Xingting came from one of the country’s five top law schools, with an impeccable background and an excellent academic record. He’d earned scholarships all the way through his studies.

At twenty-nine, he was a senior partner at Mingde Hengzheng, one of the country’s top law firms.

The legal profession summed him up in eight words: "Strict with himself, harsh with others."

So even though he had a strikingly handsome face that was hard to forget, none of the single women at his law firm dared to show him any favor.

He attributed his decision to marry Lu Yisu to a rare surge of compassion.

That was why he’d intercepted the awful marriage that had been arranged for her.

Compared with that notorious playboy, who had caused deaths and slept with both men and women, Qiao Xingting could at least call himself a gentleman.

Of course, marrying her also meant he’d no longer have to endure his family’s monthly nagging about when he would get married.

A good deal for both sides, mutually beneficial, and nothing more.

When they first married, the rich young lady, accustomed to living in a villa, moved into Qiao Xingting’s spacious Beijing apartment. She looked around and seemed satisfied, only for the man to quietly tell her:

"The bride price I paid your family took almost all the savings I’ve built up since I started working, so we’ll probably have to live pretty frugally from now on."

Lu Yisu, who had believed her father when he told her Qiao Xingting was deeply and eternally in love with her: "..."

Theme: Love requires equality and respect.