Go Love a Butterfly

Older Daddy & sweet, calculating gold-digger

"Thank goodness she likes money. As it happens, I'm very good at making it."

1.

The day Lu Shaojing and Zhu Xing got married, every newspaper in Hong Kong scrambled to claim the headline.

The most capable and least compassionate of the new generation of the Lu family, the Ninth Yama, had suddenly taken a wife.

Even stranger, Lu Shaojing had married neither a socialite nor a rich heiress.

Everyone was asking: where had this Cinderella come from?

Only Zhu Xing knew that her marriage to Lu Shaojing was nothing more than a contract for mutual benefit.

Lu Shaojing needed a pretty wife as a showpiece, and she needed money.

Don't fall in love with him.

Zhu Xing kept telling herself: Whatever you do, don't fall in love with Lu Shaojing!

2.

After bringing home a wife ten years younger than himself, Lu Shaojing became the complete opposite of the ruthless businessman he was at work.

At home, he always indulged her, praised her, soothed her, and treated her like a treasure.

Whenever he touched her, he was so careful, afraid she might get bumped, bruised, or fall and start crying, which would break his heart.

He tended to her like a flower for three years.

Who could have imagined that Zhu Xing, who had been sitting on his lap and acting coy just yesterday, would ask for a divorce on their third wedding anniversary the very next day?

Where had things gone wrong?

Maybe he'd gone too far last night and upset the young woman. Lu Shaojing thought he could just coax her later that evening.

That is, until she brought out the contract they'd signed before the wedding.

"Mr. Lu, this is what you promised me when you proposed. Once the three-year term is up, you'll let me go."

Looking at the contract he'd used to coax her into marrying him, Lu Shaojing realized things had already slipped beyond his control.

His expression hardened. "What if I refuse to let you go? After three years of marriage, did you never love me?"

Zhu Xing looked into Lu Shaojing's eyes, her bright gaze sparkling with the same carefree innocence she'd had when they first met. But what she said was cruelly naive.

"No. Loving yourself is the best choice, isn't that what you taught me?"

"Mr. Lu, I don't want love. I only want freedom."

3.

The day Lu Shaojing and Zhu Xing divorced, every newspaper in Hong Kong scrambled to claim the headline.

A paparazzo chased a story all the way to France, only to spot Lu Shaojing's Maybach parked beneath Zhu Xing's new apartment building all night.

It wasn't until dawn that Lu Shaojing came downstairs in a wrinkled shirt.

Behind him, a graceful young woman in a slip dress ran out and tossed his suit jacket into his arms.

"Lu Shaojing! You can't come here anymore! We agreed to go our separate ways after the divorce. Why don't you keep your word?"

Lu Shaojing smiled fondly and draped the jacket over her shoulders.

"Be good, don't catch a cold, sweetheart. I have to catch a flight back for a meeting. I'll come see you again next week."

You don't love me. That's all right. I'll give you both love and freedom.

Let a butterfly be loved, and let her fly free.

△ Please note:

1. The protagonists have moral flaws.

2. The story does not promote any particular values.

3. The age gap is ten years.

4. The hero falls in love at first sight; the heroine falls in love after marriage.

5. They really do get divorced.

Theme: Love means being willing to compromise for you