Let Me Ride on Your Coattails

Older woman/younger man / deliberately getting close / male lead with a secret identity / mutual pining comes true / extra-sweet romance

(Synopsis)

Recently, rumors have been swirling around Yaocheng that Li Manlu, heiress of the Li family, is pursuing a younger college student. He's tall, handsome, and dazzling, with dimples that appear when he smiles. He's as sweet as candy.

Everyone thought Li Manlu, who never dated anyone for more than three months, was just playing around. But after she successfully won him over, the two were lovey-dovey, and Li Manlu showered her younger boyfriend with money and gifts. Everyone was shocked.

Li Manlu was serious this time.

Only Li Manlu knew that dating Lu Mingzhi was nothing more than a rejuvenating romantic spa. She was thoroughly enjoying the thrill of keeping a younger puppy-like boyfriend.

But everything has its beginning and its end. Their relationship ended the day after Li Manlu's family went bankrupt.

She had no money to keep her boyfriend anymore, and their three months were up. It was time to call it quits.

So she broke up with Lu Mingzhi and deleted every way to contact him.

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After going bankrupt, Li Manlu gradually recovered from the shock and set up a food stall to make ends meet.

One day, a customer ordered a deluxe meal that had to be delivered in person. After closing her stall, Li Manlu rode her electric scooter to the customer's address.

It was the headquarters of one of the country's most famous tech companies. Her puppy-like ex-boyfriend, whom she'd dumped, stood at the front of the conference room in a suit, reprimanding the senior executives.

They all addressed him as Chairman Lu.

Li Manlu froze.

Just then, Lu Mingzhi's secretary came over, took the food from her, and said, "Chairman Lu says he wants to talk with you later."

Talk? About what? She was already imagining the worst, that he'd make her suffer in the depths of hell.

On the day they broke up, she'd made him cry!

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Reception room.

They sat facing each other.

Li Manlu had no status or influence, and her hands trembled.

Lu Mingzhi leaned back in his chair.

"There's something I need to tell you, Sis."

"Wha... what is it?"

Hearing him call her "Sis" made Li Manlu panic. She didn't deserve it. She'd already imagined dozens of ways he might get revenge.

Lu Mingzhi spoke calmly, every word clear.

"I'm going to pursue you."

Li Manlu felt like the air around her was about to explode.

A scheming, brilliant younger man with a charming public face and a dark side vs. a wealthy woman who seems carefree but is fragile inside

There's no such thing as that many coincidences. It was all part of his long-laid plan.

#It was only supposed to be a rejuvenating romantic spa, but somewhere along the way I seem to have fallen for him. I'm doomed.# After the storm, there may not always be a rainbow, but there will always be sunshine. You are the eternally radiant rose, blooming in the heart of my heart.

Bonus scene:

Li Manlu had no idea what time Lu Mingzhi had finally stopped. She was completely exhausted, her whole body limp and sore.

She lay face down on the bed, thinking that keeping a younger boyfriend really was great. He was talented and could keep going for ages, but even Li Manlu could barely keep up with him.

Lu Mingzhi came out of the bathroom and saw Li Manlu sprawled across the bed like a starfish, already asleep with her head turned to the side.

Lu Mingzhi chuckled, crouched beside the bed, and kissed his girlfriend.

So cute. So cute. So cute.

He lay on his side watching her sleeping face. As he watched, his eyes gradually closed.

Even in his sleep, the corners of his mouth were turned up.

Reader notes and content warnings:

1. The hero loves the heroine, very much.

2. The leads have a three-year age difference. The heroine is 24, and the hero is 21.

3. Both leads are virgins, and they belong only to each other, body and soul.

4. The heroine has reasons for not putting her heart into relationships at first. After going bankrupt, she finally faces her feelings, and the hero's love will help heal her. Readers who dislike this should proceed with caution.

5. As the synopsis says, the hero is very calculating. His puppy-like persona at the beginning is an act; in reality, he's extremely dark.

6. The heroine will make a comeback after going bankrupt and will be wealthy again later in the story.

7. This is an extra-sweet romance with a super-sweet happy ending. If you like sweet stories, come on in for a treat.

Synopsis written on 2025.9.17 (revised); screenshot saved

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(Synopsis)

Lyu Muyuan thinks she's very happy. She's married Lu Mingcheng, the man she's admired since childhood.

He's the eldest young master of the famous Lu family, one of the most powerful families in Jingzhou's elite circles, and the president of Hongyu Real Estate Group. He's influential and admired by everyone.

After they marry, Lu Mingcheng attends to every detail and treats Lyu Muyuan with care, showering her with one romantic surprise after another.

In every way, he thinks of everything for her. She's like a princess, pampered in the palm of his hand every day, and envied by all.

Lyu Muyuan thinks she's the happiest woman in the world.

Until one day, she learns that Lu Mingcheng planned everything: marrying her, treating her well, and all the things he did for her. It was all part of a scheme that would maximize his own gains.

So it was all for a reason.

So it really is possible to pretend to love someone.

A few days later, Lyu Muyuan throws the divorce papers at Lu Mingcheng.

Her voice is choked with tears, but firm and resolute as she says:

"Divorce!"

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Lu Mingcheng is the eldest son of the top-tier Lu family. Ambitious from childhood, he vowed to become chairman of Hongyu Real Estate Group.

Raised by his father among the glittering worlds of power and wealth, he matured early and learned to plan ahead and scheme at every turn.

Even his marriage was a move in a game he'd already set up.

Until one day, a divorce agreement was thrown at him.

His usually gentle, virtuous wife held back tears and said to him, one word at a time:

"Divorce!"

The usually composed man, who could stay calm through any storm, panicked.

And so begins a dramatic, bittersweet tale of a man trying desperately to win back his wife.

A ruthless, calculating heir who plans every move vs. a gentle, refined heiress who never backs down when it matters

Lu Mingcheng, who plans for every possibility and keeps everything under control, gradually learns that some things cannot be calculated or controlled: love.

Bonus scene:

To win his wife back, Lu Mingcheng pulls out every stop.

A secretary with a happy marriage suggests, "To win a woman's heart, first win over her stomach."

So Lu Mingcheng, who had never cooked and had never lifted a finger around the house, nearly blew up the kitchen before finally managing to learn a few dishes. He keeps cooking and bringing her meals every day, never missing a day, rain or shine, though Lyu Muyuan doesn't touch the food containers.

Realizing he has limited talent in this area and that his cooking is too average to make his wife even glance at it, Lu Mingcheng decides to give up. But that very day, he discovers that one piece of braised pork rib is missing from a returned food container.

His wife's best friend messages him: Yuanyuan ate a rib today. She said it was edible.

And so, every day, the kitchen fills with the sight of the young master in a suit and apron, honing his cooking skills.

The Lu family's chef: ??? Are we about to lose our jobs?

No one would have expected Lu Mingcheng, the lofty, pampered CEO whose fingers had never been sullied by household chores, to make a whole table of delicious dishes one day.

But Lu Mingcheng says he'll only ever cook for one person in his life.

For the one he loves.

For his wife.

Reader notes:

1. This is a sweet romance, with plenty of indulgence and catharsis, too. Later, the hero will suffer while trying to win back his wife and pay for his mistakes! The heroine eating his food in the bonus scene does not mean she has forgiven him.

2. The hero is very dark and calculating at first, with nothing in his eyes but profit and ambition! He'll gradually change, but readers with high moral standards for the hero should steer clear!

3. Marriage Before Love and the pursuit of a wife from the hero's perspective; mutual pining comes true from the heroine's perspective.

4. Both leads are virgins and have only ever had eyes for each other, with no past relationships. The ending is extra sweet and happy.

Synopsis written on 2025.11.14; screenshot saved

Theme: Love cannot be controlled