A Secret Spark [Scheming to Take What You Want]

Gentle, reserved, resilient beauty × cold on the outside, unhinged behind a gentlemanly facade, powerful tycoon = Tan Yi was strikingly beautiful, with features so delicate and balanced that everyone said she looked like the perfect wife. At twenty-four, she followed her family’s wishes and got engaged to the rising young master of the Cheng family in the capital. For the first time, the usually obedient Tan Yi found herself reluctant. There was a perfume in her fiancé’s Maybach that didn’t belong to him, leaving her troubled and unable to do anything about it. The night after the engagement banquet, Tan Yi returned to work early and met Yan Xuan, who was taking a “coworker” to the hospital. A single act of kindness from Tan Yi set her life on a different course, like a butterfly taking flight. * Tan Yi summoned the courage to break off her engagement to the Cheng family. Rumors spread through the neighborhood, and both families lost face. Just then, Yan Xuan suddenly showed up to ask for her hand in marriage. Under the high, clear sky, the thin sunlight cast a gentle glow around Yan Xuan. Tan Yi stood there staring at him for a long time, then nodded almost against her will. A wedding dress covered in a million dollars’ worth of rhinestones, a wedding at a Nordic castle, and a famous symphony orchestra playing the wedding march. The dreamlike ceremony fulfilled the wildest fantasies of countless young women. Their life after the wedding was blissfully sweet. Just as Tan Yi began to imagine a future with just the two of them, sharing a home, meals, and all the seasons of life, someone with an agenda told her that she was nothing but Yan Xuan’s kept woman. At first, Tan Yi didn’t believe it, but one sign after another proved that the truth was just as she’d been told. She realized she had chosen the wrong man again. * After much painful reflection, Tan Yi packed her things and slipped away. When she woke up, she found herself in an estate she couldn’t leave. ** When Yan Xuan was young, he always acted with honor and integrity. But after falling for Tan Yi, he began secretly plotting how to take her fiancé’s place. == Roses are beautiful, but they have thorns. Love is beautiful, but the truth is cruel. He couldn’t bear to let her see too much of the truth, so he disguised himself. == Note: A story about stealing someone’s partner, a ruthless pursuit, and rekindled love. 1. The heroine has a fiancé, but later breaks off the engagement. She and her fiancé never became physically intimate. The hero is six years older than the heroine. The hero is sexually inexperienced. Theme: Be kind.