Secret Love in a Wealthy Family: My Second Marriage to a Wonderful Husband

The first time Ji Ran got so drunk she could barely stand was when she was twenty-two, and it was because of Gu Chengyuan.

The next morning, she woke up in an unfamiliar bed. Looking at the chaos around her, Ji Ran felt as if all the bad luck of her twenty-two years had piled up at once.

The identity and appearance of the man involved were unknown. Looking at the alarming bruises on her arms and legs, the only thing Ji Ran could guess was that he was male.

Four years ago, Ji Ran left home and went to the United States alone to study design. Gu Chengyuan held her hand and promised solemnly, “Xiao Ran, I'll wait for you.”

Four years later, she was still alone in a cold city. She had thought she would soon be back at his side, but one remark from him sent her heart sinking to the bottom.

The only call he had made to her in those four years wasn't to welcome her home. Instead, he asked coldly, “Ji Ran, the Ji family is about to go bankrupt. Aren't you coming back?”

He didn't love her, yet she had to marry him. After the wedding, she watched him dote on the woman he loved, while trying to make herself stronger. At work, she had to handle the company's public relations and deal with all kinds of people. At home, she also had to put up with his sister, who was determined to drive her away.

She always believed he had feelings for her, until the bet that sent all of Ningcheng into a frenzy.

She and the woman he loved were put on the table as stakes. She saw another man look at her with a deep, unreadable gaze before addressing Gu Chengnan with lofty confidence. “Mr. Gu, if you win, Miss Lu is yours. If I win, Miss Ji is mine. What do you say?”

He didn't even blink. His voice was calm and utterly unruffled as he replied, “Fine.” He didn't even look at Ji Ran.

Ji Ran only knew that was the moment she gave up on him. What she didn't know was that Qin Muyang had left one thing unsaid that day: “Even if I lose, she's still mine.”

A short scene:

One day, Ji Ran took the freshly peeled apple Qin Muyang handed her and suddenly asked, “Qin Muyang, when did you fall for me?”

Without even looking up, Qin Muyang asked in return, “When did you fall for Gu Chengnan?”

“Hmm... I guess when I was fourteen.” That was when she first met Gu Chengnan.

Then she heard Qin Muyang reply irritably, “I fell for you at the same time.”

That was when he first met her, too.

It took you only one glance, but I fell deeply in love.