[Wolf-and-Rabbit Romance / Marriage Before Love / Six-Year Age Gap]
[Overwhelmingly Possessive, Scheming Daddy Type VS. Innocent White Rose Who Lures Him In]
The marriage between Zhou Suyi, the heiress of the Zhou family, and Jian Ze, head of the powerful Jian family and the most influential man in Beijing's elite circles, sent those circles into an uproar.
After all, "Zhou Suyi once publicly confessed her love to Jian Ze at a banquet and got rejected" was a favorite joke for people to bring up in their spare time.
No one expected her to actually become a phoenix.
Even Zhou Suyi thought that this domineering, cold-faced, cruel-hearted "brute" would settle the score with her eventually.
And sure enough.
On the day she got their marriage certificate, she automatically summed up the man's words in her mind: "Don't cross the line. Behave yourself."
She'd thought that if she did as he said, this so-called "husband" wouldn't interfere in her private life.
But one time, when she got drunk, the revered Jian Ze broke his vows for her and had her all night, yet still wasn't satisfied. The next day, he accidentally took a package addressed to Zhou Suyi.
Zhou Suyi decided to throw caution to the wind and snatched the item from Jian Ze's hand. "It's perfectly normal to have hobbies when you don't have a man."
As soon as she turned around, the man behind her gave a soft laugh. Then his deep voice rang out. "No man?"
Zhou Suyi's throat tightened, and she froze in place. The man gently gripped her chin without her realizing it. She felt his breath move from behind her to her neck, then was forced to meet his eyes.
An unnamed fire burned in his amber eyes. His normally cool lips curled into a smile as he relished the sudden contraction of her pupils, gentle and dangerous amid the silent battle.
"Who was begging her husband not to stop last night?"
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At a girls' night out, her friend teased, "Suyi, Jian Ze is handsome, rich, and quiet. He's truly flawless~"
"He does have one flaw. The senior I used to like is the same age as him and already has two kids..."
Alcohol made it easy to lose herself, and Zhou Suyi was even more unguarded after drinking. She swirled her glass and spoke without a filter, not realizing she had already tapped the call button. "It means he can't perform..."
Later...
She saw sunlight coming through the gap in the curtains and heard a rooster crow.
But the only voice that kept whispering in her ear was, "Focus."
This time, crying and begging for mercy didn't help.
Theme: Love yourself before loving someone else.
