Twins

Villainous couple / It takes a villain to handle a villain / Married first, love later

Jiang Songyue had had enough of her Freudian marriage.

She wanted to divorce her husband and pursue the life of a powerful woman on her own terms.

He agreed without trying to stop her.

In the middle of his busy schedule, he coldly tossed the prenuptial property agreement in front of her.

She stared at it in shock, never realizing he was so guarded that he even distrusted the person who shared his bed.

All these years, she had built no career of her own and had no savings.

Her dream of becoming a powerful woman had never stood a chance.

And this prenuptial agreement meant that if she left, she would lose everything:

the estate, her unlimited supplementary card, the servants who waited on her, her thousand-square-meter walk-in closet, and a capable husband...

She couldn't accept being poor, being mocked, or returning to her family with nothing.

Grinding her teeth, she decided to endure it for one more year.

Once she figured out how to take half his fortune, she would stomp on his face with her high heels and walk away without looking back.

A year later, she did indeed get her wish and stomped on his face with her high heels.

But she didn't get to leave. The man wrapped his broad hand around her ankle and demanded, “Good girl. Do it again.”

“I know you're foolish, frivolous, and thoughtless, but I love you. I know your aims and ideals are vulgar and commonplace, but I love you. I know you're second-rate, but I love you.”

The Painted Veil, W. Somerset Maugham

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The first time Jiang Songyue saw that powerful man, one thought crossed her mind:

She had to make him hers.

What she didn't know was that he had been plotting to do the same for five years.

A vain, status-seeking fake heiress x a selfish, self-serving man of action

Both leads have their flaws.

A story about a beautiful, wicked woman who thinks she can climb to the top by stepping on a man, and ultimately does just that.

They are two halves of one whole, each unable to survive without the other.

One can't live without the other's money; the other can't live without the person.

Theme: Study hard.