[Heir to a Top-Tier Tycoon Family x Aloof, Noble Best Actor]
A story about a beautiful woman who pretends to need help and ends up pulling a man to safety.
1.
The first time Yu Shenru saw Lu Youchuan was on a street in Suzhou.
Perhaps because his mask and hat covered his face, he didn't stand out in the crowd. Still, she stopped on the other side of the river to listen to the lilting Suzhou pingtan performance and watch him.
But before she could cross the river and knock on Lu Youchuan's heart, he disappeared into the crowd, vanishing without a trace.
An unexpected love at first sight came to an abrupt end.
It had begun so fleetingly and ended without a trace.
Perhaps she had accumulated too many romantic debts in her twenty-seven years, Yu Shenru thought.
She didn't dwell on it. As usual, she put the man out of her mind and returned to her glamorous social circle.
As if she'd never met him.
2.
The second time Yu Shenru saw Lu Youchuan was in a residential community in Suzhou.
Her former fiance had chased her from Hong Kong to Beijing, then from Beijing to Suzhou, all for the sake of their engagement. He even followed her to her door.
A marriage between their families: there was no avoiding it.
Yu Shenru had known that since she was a child. The trouble was... she didn't want to get married yet, much less marry a childhood friend.
But...
"After we get married, we can each do our own thing. How about it? It'll give our families an answer."
Honestly, Yu Shenru was tempted by the offer.
She stood in the springtime breeze in Suzhou, which was a little chilly. The hem of her bright red skirt fluttered in the wind as she looked at the man across from her, ready to accept.
Then the man she'd seen across the river that day walked into her line of sight once more.
This time, Yu Shenru didn't hesitate. She walked over, grabbed Lu Youchuan's hand, and dragged him into her chaotic life by force.
"Handsome, I'm being stalked by a creep. Could you help me out?"
3.
Many years later, Yu Shenru sat in a courtyard in Hong Kong, smiling as she twirled an embroidered Suzhou fan in her hand.
Lu Youchuan stood at the courtyard gate. Looking at the magnolia blossoms on the fan, he remembered how they'd first met, and how Yu Shenru, who'd been "stalked by a creep" beneath a magnolia tree, had ended up pursuing him instead.
He remembered how, little by little, he'd fallen into the beautiful dream she'd spun for him.
Back then, she'd stood beneath the magnolia tree and declared to him with absolute conviction:
"Lu Youchuan, I love you. If my past has taught me anything, it's how to get what I want by any means necessary."
"And now, the only thing I want is you, by any means necessary."
With those words, Lu Youchuan willingly let go of everything and lost himself in her for decades.
[Reader's Note: 1. Both leads are each other's one and only, and this is guaranteed to be sweet!
2. The heroine doesn't pathetically chase after the hero. She's always the one in control of their relationship, and the hero is madly in love with her too.
3. If you like it, please add it to your favorites~]
Theme: The essence of love is being seen
