Female CEO | Male Rivals Competing for Her | Older Woman-Younger Man Romance | A Healing Coming-of-Age Story
[Tears are a man's sharpest weapon]
[Handsome men always look better with a few wounds]
[They say a man's knees are worth gold, so of course he looks most distinguished kneeling]
Blurb:
Wen Zheng is a CEO. Like every CEO who has a thousand things to deal with each day, she inevitably encounters fallen prodigies driven to bankruptcy, pure-hearted art students with gravely ill family members, and pitiful orphans with nowhere to go.
Then she lends them a helping hand.
The down-and-out boy who once had no choice but to kneel at her feet has transformed into a rising star of the business world. He places an acquisition contract before her, his inscrutable gaze fixed on the newcomer at her side as he smiles.
"Is sitting across the negotiating table from you the only way to make you look at me?"
The pure-hearted art student becomes a popular young star in the entertainment industry. In an undisturbed dressing room, he puts all his acting skills on display, tears glimmering pitifully in his eyes.
"Even if I'm just a substitute, I don't mind. As long as I can come back to your side, I'll do anything."
The pitiful orphan tries everything to get close to her. When his efforts come to nothing, the wolf's tail he can no longer hide emerges. Eyes red, he pins her to the bed.
"They can all be with you. Why can't I? Big Sister, give me a chance. I'm a fast learner."
Men can help her unwind, and she can flirt with them and talk about love. The one thing they must never be is an obstacle to her career.
Wen Zheng looks at the identical ambition in their eyes and smiles calmly. She lifts one of their chins, as if holding an invisible chain in her grasp.
"Be good and listen, and you'll get a treat."
The little wolves try every trick in the book, only to discover in the end that
loyalty is the only way to earn their queen's tender gaze.
Reader's Notes:
1. The heroine is a wealthy CEO of a jewelry company. She will not go bankrupt.
2. Male leads, with romantic rivals competing for her (probably from the middle to later part of the story, after chapter 20)
Next novel: an adult fairy-tale romance, After the Handsome Young Master Goes Blind
After graduating from college, Zhen Miao can't find a job, so she becomes a live-in maid for a wealthy family.
The first time she meets the young master, Bei Xiling, is when he returns from abroad for summer vacation.
In the study, a handsome, refined boy who looks like a little prince from a comic book is chatting and laughing with his friends.
Amid an unusually quiet moment and the knowing looks exchanged by those around them, Zhen Miao realizes...
She has been staring at the young master of the Bei family, completely entranced.
Blushing, Zhen Miao flees in embarrassment.
Behind her, someone teases, "Looks like another Cinderella is starting to dream."
Through the crack in the door that hasn't quite shut, she hears Bei Xiling's amused, casual voice: "We should let people believe in fairy tales if they want to."
His words are as light as his exquisite profile, elegant and cold.
After two years working for a wealthy family, she has learned to recognize that sort of condescending pity.
Zhen Miao isn't Cinderella. She doesn't believe in fairy tales.
The second time she sees Bei Xiling is after a skiing accident leaves him blind.
The young master is no longer surrounded by an air of refinement. He lies motionless in bed, dejected as a dead tree.
Zhen Miao looks at his unkempt face and sighs.
What a shame to see such a handsome face go to waste.
Zhen Miao volunteers to care for the blind young master, reading fairy tales to him every day in her broken English.
She's learning English on the clock. A maid who speaks English can find a better job and earn more.
From Little Red Riding Hood to Snow White, and then Cinderella.
At last, one day, the young master, lying in bed like a vegetable, can't help speaking hoarsely to correct her pronunciation after she's made the same mistake countless times.
Zhen Miao has an epiphany: The young master may be blind, but he isn't mute!
And so she gets herself a human audiobook, one she can point to whenever she doesn't know something.
Bei Xiling goes from impatient at first, to gentle and smiling, and then, finally, to tangled lips and teeth.
The little master turns from a dead tree into a handsome, living man once more.
At night, he clings tightly to her, his heartfelt confession seemingly never enough: "I really, really like you."
Touching his face, Zhen Miao replies in a trembling voice, "I like you too."
I really, really like your face.
The day before Bei Xiling regains his sight and returns abroad, Madam Bei finds Zhen Miao. In the same familiar arrogant tone, she says, "Five hundred thousand for your trouble. Leave my son."
Zhen Miao grits her teeth and haggles like they do in the movies: "He's your only son. You're going to have to pay more."
Later, Zhen Miao's friend says she'll take her rich friend out to enjoy herself for once.
Looking at the photos of the boys on her friend's phone, Zhen Miao cries.
They're so ugly, and they cost so much.
She suddenly starts missing that handsome little blind boy.
As they say, when you're young, you shouldn't sleep with someone so stunning.
When they meet again, Bei Xiling stares at Zhen Miao, a strange sense of familiarity rising in his heart. A dim light flickers in his eyes. "Miss Zhen's voice sounds a lot like someone I know."
Zhen Miao's voice turns hoarse. "Who?"
"A liar. A short-sighted liar who only had the nerve to scam me out of a million before running away."
Bonus Scene:
After they reunite, Zhen Miao gets distracted by his face once again. When Bei Xiling finally sees the expression in her eyes, his beautiful eyes narrow.
Baby, what is it you like?
Me?
My face?
Or my body?
A sincere heroine who loves handsome faces and has a thing for men vs. a handsome, refined young master, once a prodigy, now fallen from the clouds
Theme: Be kind, but stand up for your rights
The reason Lu was unhappy was because he thought he wanted to take advantage of the heroine, control her ancestral company, and easily agreed to let the heroine's illegitimate brother into the company. After forcing the heroine in various ways, he was not physically and mentally punished. If the heroine was not strong enough, he would have succeeded. If he failed, it does not mean that he had never done it. As a result, he has a lot of choices. If he fails to force the heroine to turn around, he can resign and Meimei can stay with the heroine. After being let go to be a cabinet brother, he can successfully return to the heroine as an executive within a month, and he can flirt with the heroine when he comes back. The other two male protagonists will be punished if they do something wrong, and what they do wrong is only trivial things. Only Lu is very speechless here. It is a major matter related to the female protagonist's family industry. This kind of crisis is just because of his own possessiveness, which is really disgusting. Of course, if the author took his time like Xia before arranging for Lu to be punished, then I didn't say it. But I still have to say that the author wrote very well before the failed acquisition of Dalu. Otherwise, I would not be able to achieve such true feelings. You deserve more collections.
I can't stand it anymore. I feel like the heroine is so passive in these chapters. She's so attracted by the guy. Can you let the heroine fix him quickly? 💔
I quite like Xia Yiran's [][]
Not to mention that this friend is quite decent [covering face and laughing and crying] It is true that none of the three male protagonists can do anything [covering face and laughing] [covering face and laughing and crying] [covering face and laughing and crying] In fact, Ye is okay and relatively well-behaved.
Although I didn't feel it when I watched it, after watching it and thinking about it, I could find something wrong. Although the three male supporting characters all look miserable and emotionally weak, they actually did not suffer any material losses (if Ye really quits the circle, he is the only one who really suffered material losses). The female protagonist supports the male supporting characters and helps them pay off their debts. In fact, the female protagonist The sacrifices made by the heroine are far greater than the rewards of the male supporting characters, and now they still have to worry about the male supporting characters' self-centeredness and scheming. Thinking about this, not only does it make me unhappy, but I even feel that the heroine is a bit miserable. After paying so much, the male supporting characters refuse to be obedient and behave like dogs, and have all kinds of calculations and restlessness. I can't stand it anymore. I wish the author will get better and better as he writes more. Judging from the character design of the female supporting character, the author still loves women. I hope the author will continue to work hard. I will run away first.
Although the heroine has always been the one in power, Lu has always been very happy mentally and physically. Regardless of the heroine's wishes, he failed to forcibly acquire the heroine's company. In the blink of an eye, he can become the heroine's dog and is accepted by the heroine. He is happy in both positive and negative ways, and he feels comfortable in abusing his body, and the heroine who abuses his heart does not feel that she has abused him much. It feels like he has been holding back his anger since he planned to acquire the heroine's company. He wants to get into the screen and beat him to death. He feels so aggrieved in this line so far 😂, so will he be tortured later?
Cool! I like to see the heroine in a superior position 🐰 🐰 🐰
Can you give Lu a quick fix? I can't stand it anymore. It feels like he is going to ride on the heroine's neck. Moreover, the heroine is so passive in these chapters and feels like she is being seduced by the man.
How on earth are we going to punish him? Jijiji 💔
Ah ah ah, I also want to see Lu slap in the face ah ah [changed]