Prologue
Three years of marriage, a long spell of hiding her light.
Su Wan concealed her glory and kept her brilliance under wraps, willingly giving up her heiress status to become the quietest, most ordinary Mrs. Lu at Lu Jingshen’s side.
Everyone said she had married above her station, that she was plain and dull and unworthy of a man as exceptional as him.
She never tried to defend herself.
She believed that sincerity could be repaid with sincerity, and warmth could melt coldness.
She stayed in the vast, empty villa, enduring countless lonely nights, accepting his indifference, understanding his busy schedule, and tolerating the fact that someone else lived in his heart.
She never fought, made a fuss, complained, or clung to him.
In return, she received no appreciation, only the contempt he took for granted, day after day of growing distance, the relentless provocations of his beloved, and the emptiness left by three years of giving him everything.
Lu Jingshen had grown used to her gentleness, her concessions, and the certainty that she would always be there.
He was sure she couldn’t leave him.
He never knew that her restraint had never been weakness. It was simply what she had willingly given out of love.
When her love finally ran dry, there were no hysterics, no endless pleading.
She simply stepped away in silence and turned around without hesitation.
On the day of the divorce, Su Wan finally took off her gentle mask.
The brilliance she had kept hidden for three years burst forth, and only then did the world realize:
She had never been the one marrying above her station.
The Lu family had never been worthy of her.
From then on, she cut off all ties of affection and left romance behind.
She returned to the top, with the world in her hands and starlight all around her.
Her ex-husband was consumed by regret, while old acquaintances could only watch her from afar.
Only the powerful man at the top of the capital’s elite circles, who had silently protected her for years, crossed a sea of people just to reach her.
