A Scumbag Tricked Me Into Marriage? A Top Tycoon Comes Knocking to Claim His Place

Shen Ci was cool and aloof, a man at the pinnacle of the business world. A youthful crush had been buried once and for all beneath a show of bravado. Tang Song had devoted all the joy of her youth to him, until she accidentally overheard the rest of a bet he’d made with his friends: “Who says I can’t win Tang Song over? Want to bet?” Insecure, she thought he’d never cared for her and that she was just a chip in their game. Later, he finally worked up the courage to confess, but Tang Song, her heart full of wounds, simply turned him down and walked away. One misunderstanding separated them for years. When they met again, disaster struck the Tang family. Her grandfather was gravely ill, and the burden of gratitude weighed on her. Tang Song had no choice but to give in and agree to marry Jiang Yi, a man who seemed gentle and dependable to everyone else. In the dim stairwell after a banquet, Shen Ci grabbed her, years of suppressed frustration surging in his eyes. “Do you really have to marry that scumbag? If it’s money, your family’s reputation, or connections you need, I can give you all of it. Break off your engagement with him.” Tang Song wrenched herself free. “Are you done?” He thought she’d rejected him back then because she hadn’t cared for him at all. She thought his words back then had been sincere, and that he’d never been interested in her. Their mutual misunderstanding left them wounding each other and drifting farther apart with every step. As the wedding drew closer, she kept backing away, avoiding him as if he were a snake or a scorpion. But he couldn’t control himself: he lost his composure over her, and she threw him into disarray. Only when layer upon layer of pretense fell away was the truth revealed: that youthful joke had been nothing more than a show of bravado. Shen Ci held her tightly. “I was the one who lost you. For the rest of our lives, I’ll bear every cost.”