The Zhou and Zhao families suddenly announced a marriage alliance, leaving the business world stunned and sending their stock prices on a roller coaster.
The jewelry industry's famous rivals had spent ten years locked in open and covert battles.
Was the way to break the deadlock really to put the next generation in the same bed?
No one knew how Zhao Xuejin and Zhou Chonglin had gotten married.
The last time they appeared together in public, they made no effort to hide their hostility.
One was a proud hunter in a sharp suit; the other, a bewitching snow fox in a strapless evening gown.
After their wedding, a video of them appeared in public once more.
On a rainy night, Zhao Xuejin twisted her ankle, kicked off her red high heel, and opened her arms to the man who had just gotten out of the car.
"Chonglin, carry me."
The man had no umbrella, and water dripped from the ends of his tousled hair. His eyes were bright and deep, their meaning unclear.
He lifted his eyes as if nonchalantly, meeting the camera's gaze.
Then he put an arm around Zhao Xuejin's shoulders and waist and lifted her over his shoulder.
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In business, people will stop at nothing to win, and charm is one of the tools of the trade.
Zhao Xuejin remembered the night she acted on impulse.
She couldn't say if it was fate. At a secluded hotel across the ocean, she saw Zhou Chonglin alone in the open-air lounge.
The night was cold with the promise of snow. She took off her suit jacket and tossed it aside, then walked unsteadily toward him.
At their first glance, she looked into the clear, keen eyes of a hunter.
He had clearly seen through her act of drunkenness, yet still took her back to his room.
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Zhao Xuejin studied four foreign languages and worked tirelessly to earn credits in Europe, all so she could return home and take over the company sooner, allowing her ailing parents to enjoy their later years in peace.
Her parents had been worn down by the Zhou family. She felt neither love nor hate for Zhou Chonglin; she only wanted to achieve her goal.
She realized she had fallen for him later.
Perhaps no one could help falling for Zhou Chonglin: a defiant genius with effortless control. He was exceptional even in the bedroom.
In a high-stakes gamble, Zhao Xuejin nearly lost everything.
Fortunately, she later discovered something.
It seemed Zhou Chonglin had fallen in love with her much earlier.
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"I offer you the loyalty of someone who has never had a faith." - Borges
Sweet-tongued but cold-hearted x defiant cool guy
Both each other's first love, sc, happy ending
A story about two career-minded people trying to outdo each other with their beauty, only for both of them to fall for each other =w=
(Blurb written on 2024.11.5, screenshot saved for the record.)
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