A Forced Engagement Isn't Sweet: After the Real Heiress Gets Out of Prison, She Marries the Crown Prince

[The Ex's Road to Regret + Second Male Lead Takes the Crown + Marriage First, Love Later + Sweet Romance + Face-Slapping]

For the sake of her childhood sweetheart and fiance's casual promise, Jiang Zhaoyun took the blame for him and went to prison.

On the day she was released, she didn't get the wedding she'd been waiting for. Instead, she heard her fiance propose to her adopted younger sister: "I won the bet. Jiang Zhaoyun went to prison in my place. Shouldn't you honor your end of the deal and be my girlfriend?"

Only then did Jiang Zhaoyun learn that her imprisonment had all stemmed from a bet they'd made as a joke.

Back at home, even her parents took her adopted sister's side.

"You're the older sister. You were born to give way to your younger sister. Let Mingzhu have your marriage."

Jiang Zhaoyun's heart turned to stone. "Fine. But I don't want the fiance or any of you anymore."

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A month later, Jiang Zhaoyun returned to her adoptive parents in Hong Kong.

The top-tier Hong Kong family who had adopted her showered her with everything her biological parents had refused to give her: power, shares, and affection.

Three months later, a female entrepreneur appeared out of nowhere in Hong Kong. The city's wealthy families treated her investment strategies as gospel, and even the haughty Zhao family began to regard her with new respect.

The Jiang parents, who had cast her aside, discovered that the entrepreneur was their own daughter and regretted it deeply.

Su Jingheng looked at her, radiant and dazzling, and chased her all the way to Hong Kong, eyes red and voice low as he knelt to beg forgiveness. "Zhaozhao, I'm only asking for one chance."

The door opened.

The famously ruthless and powerful, old-fashioned heir to Hong Kong's elite, Zhao Weiyan, looked lazily and coolly at his former rival in love.

"I'm afraid that won't be convenient."

The heir held his well-behaved daughter, utterly pleased with himself, and raised an eyebrow. "I'm riding on my daughter's coattails. Zhaozhao already gave me her chance."