Second Male Lead Takes the Crown | A Long-Standing Scheme
Radiant and proud heroine x Scheming powerhouse
At a gathering of friends, Ming Shuran and Su Huai arrived late, looking every bit like the perfect couple everyone envied.
Their friends teased them, asking when they were going to get married.
Ming Shuran answered cheerfully, "Soon."
In a corner, Song Bojian downed a glass of hard liquor after hearing those words.
A friend unexpectedly learned how Song Bojian felt and tried to talk him out of it. "Let it go. She's your nephew's fiancée."
Song Bojian looked at that radiant figure in the crowd and scoffed. "Why should I?"
His friend was so startled that he spilled his drink. "What are you planning to do?"
Song Bojian said nothing. He picked up his coat and left the private room.
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A few days later, news spread through their social circle that Ming Shuran and Su Huai had broken up, and that Su Huai had fallen for someone else.
In the pouring rain, Ming Shuran walked alone down the road.
The rain suddenly stopped overhead. Ming Shuran looked up and recognized the face from her memories.
"Uncle."
The girl's bright eyes brimmed with tears, her voice catching in a sob.
"Want revenge?" The man's voice was warm and deep, coaxing her gently. "Let's be together."
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That woman was pregnant, and the child wasn't Su Huai's. Su Huai knelt outside the old family home, drenched in the rain for half the night.
Ming Shuran woke and went to the floor-to-ceiling window. Before she could make out the figure outside, a strong chest pressed against her back. A mouth closed around her earlobe, and her body trembled despite herself.
"If you're not sleepy, we can keep going."
Ming Shuran turned and wrapped her arms around the man's lean waist. "I'm so sleepy."
Song Bojian scooped Ming Shuran up and carried her toward the bed. His phone, casually discarded on the rug, showed that the call had ended.
Bonus scene:
One day, rumors flew that Song Bojian had married Ming Shuran out of pity because she'd been dumped.
Before the rumors had even been around for a night, an insider revealed that someone had once nearly become the other woman for love, and that morality and ethics meant nothing to him.
Song Bojian admitted it: he'd been plotting to make her his for years.
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The heroine truly loved the second male lead.
The male lead was jealous, resentful, and brooded in the shadows.
The second male lead had been cheating for a long time. Their breakup was inevitable.
Theme: Love life
