Blurb:
Pampered princess x steady, fatherly type / height difference / marriage first, love later
The morning Shu Li found out she was about to be set up on a blind date, she had only just woken up from the previous night's drunken stupor.
On the day she decided to accept an offer from a dance company back home and return to China, Shu Li was in the middle of breaking up with her boyfriend of three years.
He was stubborn and refused to back down. In a fit of pique, the young heiress bought a plane ticket home and unilaterally announced their breakup.
That night, at a club,
Shu Li got completely drunk with her friends.
She didn't know whether she couldn't bear to let go of her talented yet insecure and arrogant ex, or whether the prospect of an arranged marriage simply made her feel sorry for herself.
That night, Shu Li met an extremely arrogant and rude man.
She later learned that he was the man she was to marry: Shen Mingli.
Shen Mingli, heir to one of the wealthiest families in the country, was nearly thirty and had never even had a girlfriend.
Rumors were flying that he must be suffering from some kind of hidden ailment.
To put the elders in his family at ease, Shen Mingli had no choice but to agree to the blind date Professor Fang arranged for him.
It wasn't a bad idea, he thought. He could get the whole thing over with efficiently.
Their first meeting on the day of the blind date was not a pleasant one.
The moment Shen Mingli saw Shu Li, he recognized her.
A white sports car came to an abrupt stop and its door opened. One sat inside with her arms folded, while the other stood tall and graceful.
From a distance, the man looked at her with deep-set eyes. The pampered young heiress could only reluctantly get out on her own, holding up an umbrella. She shot him a sidelong glance and said in a soft voice, "Mr. Shen."
The girl before him was radiant and beautiful, dazzling beyond compare.
Shen Mingli furrowed his brow. He was strict about punctuality, disliked people being late, and disliked wasting time even more. In his deep voice, he said just one thing: "Miss Shu."
Shu Li thought Shen Mingli had no sense of romance.
Shen Mingli thought Shu Li was far too pampered.
In this marriage, both of them were getting what they needed.
Shu Li was fulfilling her duty for the sake of her family's interests, while Shen Mingli needed a wife.
They were a couple in name only.
Shu Li thought this was an understanding she and Shen Mingli had reached without ever saying it aloud.
Theme: Become a better person.
