[Sweet Romance] [Older Man] [Long-Standing Scheme] [Powerful Man Bows His Head] [Extreme Push and Pull]
A pampered heiress who pretends to be sweet x a capital-city big shot who acts heartless but is secretly a master flirt
Xie Guanlan, the man in charge of Nangang, is worth trillions and comes from an exalted family. Yet he is disciplined and proper, cold and aloof, and never goes near women.
Long ago, someone opened a betting pool with thirty million at stake, wagering on who could make him descend from his lofty perch.
But no one imagined that Shen Qingfu, merely an unwanted heiress from a fallen wealthy family, would be so bold as to mistake someone else for him and flirt with Xie Guanlan by accident.
The whole capital waited to laugh at her.
After all, Xie Guanlan might hold Buddhist prayer beads, but he was ruthless and decisive, never showing the slightest compassion.
Shen Qingfu knew this all too well, so she had no choice but to pretend to be devoted and in love with him.
But the more she pretended, the more Xie Guanlan believed her, and the more she panicked.
At night, she dreaded Xie Guanlan coming home.
That cool, restrained image he promised? It was all a lie!
Later, she tried to run.
For the first time, his eyes reddened. "If you're going to deceive me, then deceive me for the rest of your life."
*
After breaking his vow, Xie Guanlan went wild.
He changed the water seven times that night before finally pausing.
With swollen lips, Shen Qingfu slapped him across the face. He only smiled, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and leaned over her again. "Baby, that slap wasn't as loud as yesterday's."
*
At the Shen family banquet, Shen Qingfu and her parents were thrown out of the family in front of everyone. Abandoned by all, she suffered one grievance after another.
On a cold, rainy night, a large umbrella appeared above her head.
Xie Guanlan's expression was calm as he spoke, every word clear: "From this day on, there will be no more Shen family in the capital."
Only then did the Shen family realize that Shen Qingfu had found herself such a powerful backer.
Faced with Xie Guanlan, not one of them dared to beg for mercy.
As Shen Qingfu left, she faintly heard their stifled, regretful sobs.
She glanced secretly at Xie Guanlan, her heart full of confusion.
What was so special about her that she kept making him break his own rules?
But she didn't know that she had been part of his entire youth and adulthood.
All he had ever wanted was to keep her, have her all to himself, and hide her away.