The Great Beauty of Hong Kong Is Reborn

In the late 1980s, when Jiang Wanning was twenty, she was brought from the mainland to the prosperous city of Hong Kong. Only then did she learn that she was the eldest daughter of the prominent Jiang family, who had been lost outside the family for years.

As soon as she returned home, she had a dream. In it, the man she was about to marry changed after the wedding, abandoning his usual gentle, proper gentlemanly manner. He had women all around him, and even brought home a child born to his mistress.

Only then did Jiang Wanning learn that her husband had been telling everyone that, despite her stunning looks, she was as cold as ice. He'd only married her to compete with his own uncle for the position of head of the Lu family. He would never have chosen such a dull woman otherwise.

When Jiang Wanning woke, she was so furious she laughed. She immediately decided to break off the engagement. She was rich and beautiful. She wasn't about to let herself be taken for a fool.

But on the day she called off the engagement, another man from the Lu family arrived at the Jiang home with a marriage contract.

Lu Zhiting was Lu Ze's biological uncle. At a young age, he'd risen to an enviable position. He controlled almost the entire Lu family, as well as half of Hong Kong's jewelry and shipping industries.

Rumor had it that he was ruthless, scheming, and cold-hearted. He also kept his desires strictly in check. In Hong Kong, a city of glitz and glamour, he had never been linked to a single scandal.

The sharp-tongued media even once predicted that he definitely wasn't interested in women.

Yet he appeared at the Jiang home with a lawyer, offering half his business empire as a betrothal gift. His sole purpose was to form an alliance through marriage with the Jiang family.

Jiang Wanning looked at the man. His suit was impeccably tailored, his figure tall and upright, his features gentle and refined, and his manner calm and restrained. The gold-rimmed glasses perched on his high nose lent him an air of composure and authority.

And yet this was the man who said, "Miss Jiang, Lu Ze isn't good enough for you."

From her dream, Jiang Wanning knew that Lu Zhiting was a complete workaholic, ruthless in business, yet neither a smoker nor a drinker, with a spotless private life.

She figured he wanted to marry her to secure his position in the Lu family. Since he was always too busy to come home even when he was single, and was only marrying out of necessity, he would be even less likely to come home after they wed. She'd be free to enjoy herself, so she agreed to marry him without giving it much thought.

She just never expected that the man she thought would hardly ever come home would keep her up night after night.

Eventually, Jiang Wanning couldn't take it anymore. Holding her aching lower back, she demanded, "Lu Zhiting, when are you leaving?" Wasn't work supposed to matter more?

The man's composed face suddenly showed a hint of hurt. "Did I disappoint you last night, dear? I'll try even harder tonight. I only ask that you don't take me in and then abandon me."

Jiang Wanning: ...Who asked you to try harder?

Nine-year age gap. The male lead's longtime crush finally comes true.

A devoted, calculating, and scheming male lead VS a cool, peerlessly beautiful woman

Theme: A beautiful life