The Zhou and Li families had arranged marriages between their two generations, a powerful alliance, but things went awry with the third.
After the elder generation, who had long held the reins of power, passed away, the Zhou family spent years embroiled in infighting and power struggles. The hardliners slammed the table in protest:
"The Zhou and Li families have been intermarrying for generations. First, it does nothing to help future generations thrive. Second, it goes against modern ideas of free love and marriage. Third, the Li family is in decline, and the Zhou family has no need to provide them with targeted poverty relief."
Just when everyone thought a marriage alliance between the Zhou and Li families was out of the question, Li Qingyuan secretly decided to elope with her boyfriend. That very day
In the bitter cold of midwinter, snow filled the sky as a black Maybach pulled up in front of a speeding taxi and forced it to stop.
The rear door of the Maybach opened. A man approached at an unhurried pace, holding an umbrella in one hand, the hem of his black coat lifted by the wind and snow. His long fingers were snugly wrapped in warm leather gloves. He curled his index and middle fingers and knocked on the taxi window.
Li Qingyuan knew he was Zhou Yan'an, the current head of the Zhou family in Hong Kong.
She knew the outside world praised his handsome looks, tall stature, gentle and refined manner, and impeccable upbringing and eloquence.
She also knew he wielded power with an iron fist and made ruthless decisions. In just one year after returning home, he put an end to the Zhou family's infighting and led the family to rapidly expand its business empire, sweeping all before it.
But she didn't know...
That he would take off his gloves and use his warm, broad hand to lead her, trembling with fear, out of the car, hold an umbrella over her, kiss her frozen fingers, and say to her:
"Li Qingyuan, my wife... it's time to come home."
"Come home to our home."
Gentle, innocent actress (an advocate of free love and marriage) x gentle, dangerously obsessive family head (a conservative who values family harmony)
Hong Kong social circle | Married first, love later | Older man, eight years her senior
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Theme: May lovers find their way to one another.
