Mr. Huo's Sickly Beauty

[Coming Next Month: Behind-the-Scenes Kiss: Childhood Sweethearts Reunite After Years Apart. Check Out the Column~~] Lu Wanyi is stunningly beautiful, with a pure, delicate face like a white lily just beginning to bloom in summer. Unfortunately, she is frail and often ill. Even so, she cannot escape an arranged marriage. Her intended is the third young master of Ningcheng's top wealthy family, the Huo family, a notorious playboy. Luckily, Heaven takes pity on her. On the day they are supposed to meet, the third young master of the Huo family sneaks off. The only one who shows up is his fifth uncle, Huo Xingyan, the all-powerful head of the Huo family. It is the first time Lu Wanyi has ever seen him. He doesn't look like the stereotypical middle-aged uncle at all. His features are strikingly deep and handsome, and there's an alluring beauty mark beneath his right eye. But his imperious brows and eyes are as cold as jade in a frozen pool, making him fearsome to behold. When he looks at her, especially, he seems like a predator lying in wait for its prey. Lu Wanyi lowers her eyes nervously, secretly relieved that this man isn't her intended. But she celebrates too soon! Since the third young master has run off, Old Master Huo decides to honor his promise by changing her intended to his youngest son, Huo Xingyan. Lu Wanyi: "..." She falls ill. When the man hears about it, he comes to visit. Lu Wanyi anxiously clutches the edge of the blanket. Her almond-shaped eyes are flushed from her illness, making her look utterly pitiful. The tall man sits by the bed, impeccably dressed in a suit. His calm tone is like that of someone negotiating a business deal: "Marry me, and you'll be the only woman in my life. Marry my nephew, and you'll be just one flower among many in his garden. You choose." - Without a doubt, Lu Wanyi ultimately chooses Huo Xingyan. Being his only woman is just one reason. More importantly, she has heard that Huo Xingyan has never dated anyone, and is probably no good in bed. As it turns out... she's wrong again! He's an absolute fiend in bed. Since her frail body can't take him, he finds other ways to torment her. Lu Wanyi tearfully accuses him of being mean. His long, hot fingers, knuckles sharply defined, take hold of her little hand and forcefully wipe away her tears. Then he sucks each of her pink fingertips into his mouth, one by one. In the hazy night, the beauty mark beneath his right eye is as vivid as molten lava. "Suishui, a little coaxing might work better." Lu Wanyi believes him and opens her pretty lips with a sweet smile. "Hubby, please..." In the latter half of the night, she cries even harder. - Huo Xingyan was born into the heights of power. Cold-hearted and indifferent, he seems to have no interest in women at all. That's how the wealthy circle describes him. What no one knows is that a lily has long taken root in the heart of the man above them all. Alas, he was born before she was, and this forbidden fruit can only be buried deep in his heart, hidden from the light. Until his nephew is about to marry that grown lily. The forbidden fruit breaks free of its shell, growing wildly with the vigor of new life. This time, he won't let go. Never forgetting, year after year, returning to Xingyan ※ Powerful, domineering CEO X sweet, gentle, sickly beauty ※ The male lead has an extremely strong appetite, a thirteen-year age gap, and a huge size difference ※ Marriage first, love later / Both are each other's first and only Behind-the-Scenes Kiss Everyone in high society knows that Lin Yanchen hates Shen Xiwu. They were once childhood sweethearts, closer than anyone, and betrothed from a young age. But when the Lin family company ran into trouble, the Shen family immediately kicked them while they were down and broke off the engagement. The Lin family then moved overseas, and there was no word from them again. Eight years later, Lin Yanchen returns to China in a blaze of publicity as the head of a trillion-yuan conglomerate. He has shed his youthful awkwardness, grown even more handsome and aloof, and become ruthless and decisive in business. The socialites who can't stand Shen Xiwu rub their hands together in excitement, waiting for her to be brutally punished! But they wait and wait, only for a financial interview to surface. A reporter notices the hidden tenderness in Lin Yanchen's expression as he replies to a message, despite his usual cold and heartless demeanor. Sensing a juicy story, the reporter boldly asks if it's his girlfriend. Lin Yanchen taps the back of his phone with his long, sharply defined fingers. His voice is low and rich: "My wife." The wealthy circle is shaken to its core. Wife? When did Lin Yanchen get married? And to whom? Whoever she is, it definitely can't be Shen Xiwu! 2. Shen Xiwu is hailed as the entertainment industry's goddess of beauty. Tall and willowy, with skin whiter than snow, every smile and frown of hers is bright and enchanting. Unfortunately, despite her beauty, she has publicly declared that she won't film intimate scenes, and the paparazzi have never caught her in a single romantic scandal. Until one day, a paparazzo captures Shen Xiwu on a beach at dusk, pinning a tall man against a tree and kissing him. His shirt is soaked through, revealing his taut, sexy physique. The whole internet erupts. #ShenXiwu'sHighAndMightyImageCrumbles# #ShenXiwuIsAPlayer# and other negative hashtags quickly climb to the top of the trending list. Her antis are ecstatic, waiting for Shen Xiwu to lose one job after another. Instead, before long, Shen Xiwu publicly tags rising business star Lin Yanchen and responds: [@Lin Yanchen, everyone, meet my kept little lover~] Lin Yanchen comments right after her: [Mm, the kind with a marriage certificate.] Antis: Great, now we're just clown NPCs! Socialites: So are we! 3. Ever since Shen Xiwu debuted, she's had a mysterious, big-spending superfan. He never attends her events, but every time she has a magazine or endorsement, he spends more than anyone else. Her fans affectionately call him: K. Later, after Lin Yanchen and Shen Xiwu go public, her antis mock him: [You can spend all the money you want, but you still can't get your goddess!] The next day, K shares a Live Photo: Reflected in an enormous floor-to-ceiling mirror, Lin Yanchen, wearing a black shirt half unbuttoned, lazily embraces the slender-framed Shen Xiwu from behind. The caption reads: I'll always be right behind you. Theme: Marriage requires communication