A crossover with "Roses of Hong Kong Nights"
Strangers-to-lovers after marriage | Real and fake heiress | Powerful man bows his head
At twenty-three, Cen Yi learned she was the biological daughter of the Song family in Hongcheng, who had been lost to them for years. She was to marry into the Fu family through an arranged union with Fu Tingshen.
Fu Tingshen was head of the Fu family, cold and aloof, a man no one could hope to approach.
They had met only twice before the wedding.
The first time, he casually took care of a problem for her without even bothering to remember who she was.
The second time was at the Jingwan golf course in Hongcheng. Dressed in white from head to toe, Fu Tingshen raised his club with a smooth swing and casually hit a flop shot, without looking her way.
To her, getting married was a desperate gamble, like grabbing onto a lifeline. To Fu Tingshen, it was a mere stroke of the pen, no big deal at all.
She never thought he would agree. She was only giving it a try. The handsome man looked at her from across the table, his eyes pitch-black.
"What do you have to offer, Miss Cen, that makes you think you can negotiate marriage with me?"
Under his gaze, she was too embarrassed to move, the fine hairs on the back of her neck standing up.
"I... I can fulfill my marital duties and all that."
A soft laugh came from across the table.
"Miss Cen, I don't force anyone to do anything."
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After they married, Cen Yi always kept to her boundaries.
She knew that a man like Fu Tingshen had little room in his heart for romance.
The night before she was due to film a kissing scene, Fu Tingshen came all the way to the film studio.
As soon as the hotel door closed, he raised her arm and pinned it behind her against the door, then kissed her slowly and deliberately.
"Yiyi, I've changed my mind."
"I should have added a clause to our prenuptial agreement: you're not allowed to take intimate scenes."
Fu Tingshen's Bentley Bacalar stayed parked outside her hotel for three days and three nights, making the whole thing impossible to keep quiet.
The internet exploded over it.
"Where's our fairy Cen? Did her husband hold her hostage in the hotel? For three days and three nights? She hasn't even come out?"
"Her husband's so handsome and so cold. He must be totally different in private. The thought of it is too wild for me to imagine."
One night, Cen Yi dreamed of something heartbreaking. Usually composed and reserved, she cried until the corners of her eyes were red. When she woke up, she found herself looking straight into Fu Tingshen's eyes, as if he knew everything.
His long fingers gently stroked her pale wrist as he spoke softly:
"Cen Yi, if you stop seeking to be loved, you'll grow stronger."
"But it doesn't matter if you aren't strong. Because I love you."
Cen Yi froze.
The coldest, most aloof man in all of Hong Kong, according to the rumors, had just told her he loved her.
Reading Guide:
1. Both leads are each other's only one. Happy ending.
2. The hero is quite cold at first and takes time to fall for the heroine. But once he does, he loves her deeply and gives her everything. He falls first; she falls later.
Theme: It's okay if you aren't loved
