A marriage-first, love-later story with a second-chance romance
[Sunny, vivacious influencer x aloof, secretly smug CEO]
Tan Yang went viral on short-video platforms because of a single photo and was hailed as "the internet's first love."
Just as her career was soaring, she refused an arranged marriage and had her funding cut off, falling from the clouds overnight.
Her studio had only just opened and urgently needed money. Tan Yang was in a tight spot.
By chance, she spotted a love letter she'd written to her first love listed on a secondhand marketplace. The buyer was offering a generous price.
She couldn't pass up this opportunity.
But they'd been broken up for years, and the man was now a young, successful, handsome CEO of a publicly traded tech company, surrounded by admirers wherever he went.
Yet he was cool and refined, nothing like the man in her memories who had cried with his face buried against her chest.
"Getting married for business?"
"That's none of your business. You can have the letter, and I'll take the money."
"How about giving me a chance?"
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Pei Junhe never thought they'd meet again.
On the day they did, he had a top stylist come to his home and made sure he looked impeccably rich from head to toe.
But all he got was, "I'm not interested."
The company's employees received an extra bonus. Some said their boss was delighted with his new marriage, but they'd never heard him admit it himself.
Their boss wore a wedding ring, but took it off as soon as he left work. He even spent Valentine's Day working late at the office.
Everyone assumed their marriage existed in name only.
Until Pei Junhe made a rare appearance at an awards ceremony.
The host asked what he thought of the dance production.
The man lifted the bouquet in his hand, his gaze passing beyond the blinding spotlights to the woman onstage with her elegant makeup. "My wife's dance production is, naturally, peerless."
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Pei Junhe had woven a net that seemed fated to ensnare Tan Yang.
She had stood by him when he was a nobody, so he was determined to give her a life in the spotlight.
Synopsis finalized on 2025-07-10
Theme: A reunion, an ode to courage
