Married to a Mining Tycoon in the 1990s

At nineteen, Fang Li’s world crumbled—his father vanished after embezzling all the funds from the local mine, leaving him hunted by desperate workers. On the brink of death, it was Qin Weidong, a boy he’d taken in, who saved his life and helped him escape the grim gray mountains. In the 1990s, as China gradually opened up its mining sector, the two boys, once penniless, began carving their paths. With unmatched intellect and careful planning, Qin Weidong rose to become the general manager of a state-owned mining conglomerate, building his wealth from scratch. Fang Li, meanwhile, was discovered by a talent scout while working at a music shop. Just as his dreams of a musical career were within reach, he was blindsided by a shocking truth: the man who had belonged only to him for the past decade—Qin Weidong—was actually the long-lost son of one of the most powerful men in Jin province?! [Small Theater] Entertainment gossip went wild: Fang Li, the breakout star who debuted last year, only rose so fast and won so many awards because he had a super-rich “male sponsor” backing him up. One shady tabloid even followed him late at night and claimed he was just a spoiled kept boy—humiliated in a parking garage for three whole hours without daring to fight back. But those juicy headlines disappeared in less than half a day. The editor of the magazine was scared out of his mind, and from then on, no one in the press dared dig into Fang Li’s private life again. What they didn’t know? There was no “sponsor.” That was just his childhood sweetheart, to whom he’d pledged himself long ago. [One Night, Backstage at a Concert] The assistant remained frozen in place as the sounds of smashing glass and overturned chairs echoed through the dressing room. “That damn Qin Weidong! He’s so absurdly petty! I didn’t smile during my concert and he thinks I’m mourning someone?! How am I supposed to go on stage like this?” As the assistant tried to calm the star and fix his powder, the phone rang again at the worst possible time. The “scandalized” singer grabbed the phone and snapped: “Qin Weidong, you bastard! Get your ass over here right now!!”