[The Chase After the Wife / Reuniting After a Breakup / The Powerful Man Bows to Love]
Piao Nanxing is a fake socialite, in the most conventional sense of the phrase.
Her everyday life consists of wearing all kinds of FAKE dresses and carrying imitation designer bags from one popular photo spot to another.
She does this neither to become an internet celebrity nor to attract attention.
She simply wants to marry a rich man and live a free, comfortable life of plenty ever after.
Maybe Piao Nanxing worked so hard to become a beautiful but harmless, refined but unsophisticated “vase.”
Before long, she caught the eye of the mother of a wealthy man who had already been married once, and the woman arranged a blind date for them.
Everything went smoothly, but fate had other plans.
Piao Nanxing never imagined that this twice-married man's younger brother would see through her vanity at a glance.
She had thought she would smoothly become a daughter-in-law of the wealthy family, and had even prepared herself to be a kind stepmother.
But at a banquet, he effortlessly turned her dream into a blade pointed at her fate, leaving her struggling to breathe.
The man approached with the sharp scent of liquor clinging to him and an overpowering air of authority, step by step, cornering her in an empty corner of the corridor.
The pretense of warmth from the past shattered completely. His eyes brimmed with casual malice and assured possession as each word precisely pierced through her disguise.
“Miss Piao.”
His voice rose playfully at the end, laced with cold, teasing mockery. Every word struck home.
“Or should I call you my future sister-in-law?”
“Do my mother and my brother know you're faking your wealthy heiress identity? Do they know that your supposedly impressive overseas degree and your ten-million-yuan fortune are both fake?”
He leaned toward her slightly. His warm breath brushed her ear as he took in every bit of her panic and disarray.
“By the way, sister-in-law.”
“Does my brother know that a few years ago, you waited tables and worked at the hot pot restaurant under my name?”
That one sentence completely crushed Piao Nanxing's dignity.
Piao Nanxing had never imagined that this man would expose her fake-socialite identity so easily. But she refused to show weakness. Trembling, she met his gaze and challenged him in a hoarse voice.
“What exactly do you want? If all you want is to expose me, you can tell your brother directly. There's no need to beat around the bush and threaten me here.”
The man lowered his eyes, watching her feign composure even as panic lurked in her gaze. A malicious, triumphant smile curled his lips. His words were open and burning, so direct they made her heart pound.
“What do I want?”
“I never wanted to expose you.”
He moved closer again, closing the distance completely and blocking off every escape route. His low voice, heavy with possessiveness, fell by her ear.
Piao Nanxing had no choice but to listen to the rest of his cruel, taunting words.
“What I've always wanted is you.”
“Sister-in-law, if my brother can have you, why can't I?”
The evening breeze swept through the corridor, and the lights swayed, clearly reflecting the surging fixation in his eyes, the uncontrollable obsession and possessiveness.
His final words landed one by one, leaving Piao Nanxing nowhere left to hide.
“Be with me.”
“If you choose me, for the rest of your life you'll remain the dazzling, envied Miss Piao.”
[Reader's Guide
1. This is an angst novel! It gets very angsty later on.
2. Sister-in-law romance, with plenty of drama.
3. Daily updates. Please don't complain if it's not your thing. The author is sensitive.]
Theme: I will become who I am
