[Cool, refined, gentle and considerate powerful man x bright, charming, clear-headed heiress]
[Marriage first, love later, with no long-laid plans]
1.
At a banquet, Wen Zhiyi accidentally bumps into a strange man while chasing after someone.
The man wears a perfectly tailored designer suit. His features are stern, his manner aloof and distant, and he exudes such an air of noble elegance that even she is momentarily taken aback.
He says nothing. His eyes shift toward the ruby brooch that has fallen to the floor, its crisp clink echoing down the corridor.
Thinking quickly, she removes the ruby ornament from her bag and pins it on him. Before hurrying away, she tells him to send the bill for the brooch to the Wen family in Jiang City.
She never gets a bill. Instead, she gets a flurry of rumors online and news of an impending wedding.
Pei Shaoyu, the Pei family’s future head, has always been cold and taciturn, with no interest in women. He is a heaven-blessed son, too lofty for ordinary people to reach.
Everyone knows the marriage between the Pei and Wen families is just an ordinary alliance between wealthy families, with mutual interests coming first.
Wen Zhiyi thinks so too. Her marriage to Pei Shaoyu is simply a matter of mutual benefit, and she dutifully plays the role of a good wife.
Not long after the wedding, her former crush corners her and won’t let her go. Pei Shaoyu happens to see them. His voice is cold, his warning unmistakable:
“My wife doesn’t love me. Do you think she loves you?”
The truth is, she loves neither of them.
2.
Pei Shaoyu originally only wanted to be a respectable husband. But as they spend more time together after the wedding, he grows greedier. He wants to be Wen Zhiyi’s lover.
His wife, however, has no intention of sharing a deep, devoted marriage and spending the rest of their lives together. She keeps reminding him that their marriage is only an alliance, and even brings up divorce from time to time.
Of course, he won’t give her that chance.
One unexpected incident leads them to lose themselves in each other.
Just as Pei Shaoyu thinks they have finally taken a step forward, an empty room and a meticulous divorce agreement shatter his fantasy.
Later, in countless late-night hours, he presses a burning kiss to her lips and, when she is swept up in the moment, coaxes her again and again: “Zhiyi, say you love me.”
Theme: Sincerity for sincerity
