He was one of the most formidable figures in the business world, a man everyone feared. Yet only a select few knew that the mighty Mr. Shen... was afraid of his wife! Before the age of twenty-eight, Mr. Shen had nothing but disdain for women, regarding them as incompetent, troublesome, and insincere creatures of a lower order. Who could have predicted that one fateful mistake would allow one of those very creatures to slip through his defenses and steal his heart? At a banquet some time later, his assistant handed him a phone and accidentally pressed the speaker button. A sweet yet fierce little voice sounded from the other end, "You big meanie! If you don't hurry home and keep me company, I'll stop loving you!" As the call ended, Mr. Shen's expression changed. Striding out, he replied into his phone with a gruff warning, "Lin Nanxun, just try saying you won't love me again. Don't think I won't teach you a lesson!" An hour later, in the bedroom at home, the petite woman grumbled as she shoved her other foot into his lap. "This foot is sore too." Mr. Shen, his face impassive, took her foot and began to massage it, snorting coldly, "Still dare to say you won't love me?" Years later, someone finally mustered the courage to ask Mr. Shen what it was about his soft and delicate wife that he was so afraid of.
In N City, the autumn rain was especially cold.
Inside the warm car, a girl sat in the back seat with her head lowered. The loose white down jacket she wore concealed half of her fair, clean face.
The pair of large, luminous eyes visible beneath her hood were strikingly beautiful, but at this moment, they brimmed with unease and timidity.
"Xun, don't blame your uncle. I'm only doing this for your own good," Lin Zhenghe said from the front seat, his honest face tinged with helplessness as he watched the girl sit in a daze.
No sooner had he finished speaking than Lin Nanxun, who had been silent the entire journey, startled. Panic washed over her whole being.
"Uncle, please don't abandon me. I'll be really, really good," she pleaded, turning her head and stretching out her scalded hands to grip Lin Zhenghe's clothes tightly.
Her delicate, lovely face was etched with fear.
Seeing her so distressed, Lin Zhenghe's expression grew even more remorseful.
"I won't abandon you, Xun. I'm just taking you somewhere else. You'll have a good life there."
If he had any choice, he would never send his own niece away.
Nanxun had grown up without a father but had always been a smart and lovable child. However, a few years ago, she suffered a terrible accident and was injured. From then on, she became slow and simple-minded, like a child, and could hardly interact with strangers—only close family could reach her.
The elderly in the family had doted on t