A Third-Rate Love Story

|sc1v1, the scumbag dies from the start|

|A vain gold-digger who only wants to marry up x a seemingly aloof wealthy widow who's actually a sharp-tongued, mean-spirited woman|

Everyone in Xingang knows that the beautiful daughter-in-law of the Xiao family seems docile and quiet, but is ruthless in her methods.

At her wife's funeral, she remains unruffled before the portrait.

She reacts just the same when her wife's lover suddenly barges in.

The lover is a delicate beauty, weeping as she clutches an unidentified child. She claims the child is her wife's and demands that the widow take responsibility.

Everyone watches gleefully, thinking this will finally make her lose her temper, but she remains expressionless as ever.

Standing before the woman, she looks down at her from above.

"How do you want me to take responsibility?"

Afterward, she raises the child and the woman by her side, and they live together in perfect harmony, like a family of three.

Love? There are no true feelings in a wealthy family. Anyone with eyes can see she's doing it to control the Xiao family's bloodline. How could she really be interested in that low-class mistress?

But later, she goes head-to-head with the chairman of the group for the sake of that very mistress.

Min Xiangru loves money more than life itself. For the sake of cash, she takes a child she barely knows to the Xiao family and tries to pass it off as a relative.

She expects to be thrown out of the funeral hall, but instead hits the jackpot: Xiao Jinhong actually offers her a deal.

Moving from a rented apartment into the Xiao family mansion, Min Xiangru can't help dreaming of a wonderful future. Who could have guessed...

"Min Xiangru, when did I ever love you so desperately that I couldn't have you, or force you to love me? Even if this is a fake relationship, what about you is worth forcing?"

"Try putting more effort into your idiot daughter's studies. Have you seen those ridiculous grades?"

"Both of the child's mothers graduated from top universities, but somehow she got your intelligence. What a medical miracle."

In public, Xiao Jinhong is a polished business executive. In private, she's downright nasty.

Even so, Min Xiangru decides to win her over under the pretext of raising the child.

She brings Xiao Jinhong lunch at work, and keeps her company when Xiao Jinhong goes into heat.

An old lover is harassing her? Min Xiangru rushes in to save the mean beauty.

Who knows if she actually succeeded? All we know is that one day, after Min Xiangru runs away from home, Xiao Jinhong sends a whole crowd of people to drag her back.

"Xiao Jinhong, what are you doing?"

"Forcing you to love me. Isn't that what you like?"

Theme: Learn from Lei Feng, a model for us all.