[Warning: Dog-Blood Drama]
[Wealthy Families | Marriage First, Love Later | Fake Romance Turns Real]
The person Xu Zhiyuan hated most in his life was his arranged marriage partner, Liu Yuyao.
She was domineering, aloof, and utterly unromantic. She was not gentle or virtuous in the slightest, cold as iron and impossible to warm. She was almost the exact opposite of the wife the eldest young master of the Xu family had imagined.
Back then, Xu Zhiyuan was arrogant and willful. He looked down on Liu Yuyao and, relying on his status as a young master of the Xu family, made life miserable for the once-wealthy young lady of the fallen Liu family.
He never imagined that a paternity test would shatter the honor and privilege he had enjoyed for over twenty years. Could he really be an impostor who had stolen someone else's place?
On a stormy night, Xu Zhiyuan, frail and ill, was driven out of the Xu family by the parents he loved most. When he fell, everyone piled on. His old friends avoided him, and some even kicked him while he was down.
As if things couldn't get worse, his heart condition flared up. Just as Xu Zhiyuan was overcome with despair, a pair of red high heels stopped before him.
Rain streamed down the woman's striking profile. Xu Zhiyuan thought Liu Yuyao was the person most likely to kick him while he was down, but instead she lowered her eyes and reached out to him.
"Xu Zhiyuan, come home with me. Now."
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To Liu Yuyao, Xu Zhiyuan was no more than a pawn to help the Liu family rise again. Nothing more.
She watched him fall from the clouds into the mud, watched the truth grind the young master's once-arrogant edges until they were raw and bloody, watched him struggle to survive beneath her charity, stubbornly holding on to his crumbling pride.
She watched him crawl. She watched him grow dependent on her.
Liu Yuyao had planned for every step, but overlooked one thing.
Somehow, without realizing it, she had developed feelings for Xu Zhiyuan. When a pawn becomes a weakness, who is truly trapped in the game she set up with her own hands?
"Ambitious Fallen Heiress x Proud, Willful Fake Young Master"
Blurb revised on July 30, 2025
Theme: Growing together and looking to the future.
