A High-Status Marriage in the Eighties

Everyone who knows Wen Ying says she is gentle and indifferent to fame and fortune. Only Wen Ying herself knows that she lives up to her name: she wants to win, and to win securely. Every step she takes has a purpose of its own.

Lu Xiuyuan is the most unattainable man in the compound. He comes from a wealthy family, is exceptionally handsome, and is highly capable in his own right. He became a factory director at just twenty-eight. Who wouldn't want to bring someone like him home to their family?

Yet instead of marrying one of the many women from well-off families, he married his niece's tutor.

From the first time Lu Xiuyuan met Wen Ying, he saw through her. Her gentle, uncompetitive nature was merely a means to an end. As long as she didn't use those tactics on him, he didn't mind.

But later, when he watched Wen Ying smile radiantly at someone else and use her little tricks on him, he wondered why she didn't use them on him. Wasn't he better than that guy?

Wen Ying's life plan was to study hard, marry someone decent whom she could keep under control, work diligently, give back to her village, and let her mother enjoy a comfortable old age.

None of her plans included Lu Xiuyuan. She assumed he felt the same way.

Unexpectedly, the man who had once treated her as if she didn't exist began showing up in front of her more and more often. He offered his power and influence as a bargaining chip for marriage, and told her he was willing to let her use him.

Thesis: Stand firm in choosing yourself, and love yourself.