[Draft blurb, subject to change, but the characters will basically stay the same]
Rekindled romance | Hot-tempered, cold-hearted heiress x emotionally steady, lovestruck chef
Shang Mingcan is the eldest daughter of the WUNSEE Group. She is strikingly beautiful and poised, but fierce and ruthless in the way she handles business. At a young age, she became the executive of the group's most prestigious luxury brand.
Whether drawn by her beauty or her powerful background, men have flocked to her since childhood. But Shang Mingcan has never taken any of them to heart. The word she has said to them more than any other is "Get lost."
Men are like clothes. If you don't like them, just toss them aside. Why waste your time on them? Her time is far too precious.
But Wen Jiazhuo is different from other men.
*
Shang Mingcan met him on a deserted mountain road. Her Lamborghini had scraped its undercarriage on a huge boulder, leaving her stuck between a rock and a hard place, when she ran into Wen Jiazhuo.
Wen Jiazhuo offered her a ride on his little motorbike.
For the first time, Shang Mingcan discovered that her status meant nothing in this secluded village. Wen Jiazhuo was neither warm nor cold toward her. He kept his distance and took care of her three meals a day.
Huh. Men. This one was interesting.
So after returning to the city, she found a chance to lure Wen Jiazhuo into becoming her personal assistant. All he had to do was cook for her.
Fourteen months of salary, an annual bonus, and five forms of social insurance plus a housing fund, but no weekends off.
No matter. He had to eat every day anyway. That wouldn't be a problem.
At first, he only worked in the kitchen.
Later, he worked in bed, too.
And later still, he worked during the day and at night.
She guided him, brought out his potential, and turned him into the kind of man she liked.
In the end, Shang Mingcan said she was going to marry someone else.
But she also told Wen Jiazhuo, "I'll still treat you well."
*
Shang Mingcan saw Wen Jiazhuo again two years after he left. He had become the manager of the trendy restaurant Can's Hearted.
She found a chance to corner him and smiled provocatively. "Do you love me that much? You even named your restaurant after me?"
Wen Jiazhuo shook his head and said gently, "C-A-N is an English word, not Chinese pinyin. Don't flatter yourself, Miss Shang."
Shang Mingcan placed her hand on his chest. Beneath her palm, his heart was pounding.
Wen Jiazhuo's breath caught. "Mrs. Jiang, please behave yourself!"
Shang Mingcan gazed at him ardently and spoke slowly. "Two years ago, I didn't get married. Can you guess... who I did it for?"
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Can's Hearted
It means: what's sealed in the can isn't food, but every moment my heart fluttered after meeting you.
It also means: Shang Mingcan, please live in my heart forever.
[Reading Guide]
1. The female lead has had sex before, while the male lead is a virgin. The female lead is three years older than the male lead. He loves her deeply and keeps trying to become the kind of man she likes, but she completely dominates him financially and in terms of power.
2. The female lead is nice but has a bad temper and swears at people. The male lead is emotionally steady and quiet 99% of the time, extremely low-key... The other 1% is when he loses control because of her.
3. There will be some food descriptions.
4. This is a fictional setting with original worldbuilding. Everything is here to serve the story, so please don't scrutinize it in terms of real life.
Theme: Let us all become better versions of ourselves
