Like Silence

Ling Ting is a little mute.

In her twenties, she is a beautiful, curvy woman who returned from studying abroad. Her wealthy second-generation mogul of a father cherishes her like the apple of his eye. By all rights, she should be the perfect match for an aristocratic family or an ambitious up-and-comer.

But the problem is, she's a little mute.

Without an emotional bond, who would want a wife who can't speak?

Besides, Ling Ting has a younger half-brother. What does it matter if her family is rich and powerful? Most of it won't go to her.

Marrying her would only be a hassle.

So Ling Ting has seen all kinds of oddballs from generation after generation of the social scene: slick-haired pretty boys who do nothing with their lives, whose scandalous news spreads through every circle. She couldn't even be bothered to give them a second glance, but one of them had to hit her where it hurt, mocking her for being unable to speak.

Fuming, Ling Ting sat on the ground pulling up weeds, cursing that rich kid in her head for the hundredth time.

Her thoughts were running wild when suddenly her vision went dark, and a tall figure appeared in front of her. She looked up, but before she could make out who it was, he asked her with striking sincerity:

"Ling Ting, will you marry me?"

Fu Wensheng. Ling Ting knew him.

He was one of the most outstanding young men in Yuanjing City, and the first potential match her father had ruled out for her.

She'd heard he had a fiancee who died of an illness three years ago, and that no one could ever compare to his dead first love.

Ling Ting raised her head to look at him, then pointed to her throat and opened her mouth, but not a sound came out. She meant to show him that she really was a mute.

"I know."

The youngest daughter of the Ling family had been kidnapped. After an arduous search, they found her, but she had been poisoned into muteness. The scandal had rocked the whole city, and Fu Wensheng had returned from abroad during his leave at the time. Of course he knew.

Today, he had only been passing by. He hadn't meant to overhear the mute girl being humiliated, but he couldn't help standing up for her.

Just like when he was a boy and fished a kite out of a tree for the little sparrow who hadn't even reached his knee. He broke his leg that time. This time, he was putting his marriage on the line.

The heroine really is mute, and she won't recover later.

Ten-year age gap.

The hero had a fiancee, but she wasn't a first love he couldn't forget.

Theme: Listen with your heart