Teasing: Acting Cute in President Fu’s Arms

Su Luoyan returns to China after two years abroad, reuniting with her secret lover, Fu Cheng Shen, the powerful heir to the Fu Corporation. Their relationship is hidden from the public and even Fu Cheng Shen’s family, existing in the private sanctuary of Dijing Court, a luxury residence Fu Cheng Shen built specifically for her. Su Luoyan, a fashion design graduate, struggles with a sense of purposelessness as her peers pursue ambitious careers, while Fu Cheng Shen navigates intense corporate battles against his Second Uncle’s faction within the family business. The narrative opens with their intimate domestic life, contrasting sharply with Fu Cheng Shen’s cold, authoritative public persona as the group’s president.

The story introduces Fu Siqi, Fu Cheng Shen’s younger sister and Su Luoyan’s best friend, who is unaware of the romantic nature of Su Luoyan’s relationship with her brother. Fu Siqi recently ended a relationship with a cheating college senior, Wu Zixing, and her subsequent encounter with him and his friend Chen Hao at a bar leads to a confrontation. Su Luoyan defends Fu Siqi, displaying a sharp, formidable side that surprises those who only know her as a gentle artist. The situation escalates until Fu Cheng Shen and his friend Mo Lin arrive, revealing their significant social and economic power to the antagonists, who immediately back down upon recognizing Fu Siqi’s lineage.

A significant turning point occurs when Su Luoyan discovers a viral video by a beauty blogger named Meng Qin, who claims to be the daughter of Su Luoyan’s biological father, Meng Guangyao. The video portrays a wholesome family narrative that Su Luoyan recognizes as a fabrication designed to exploit her brother’s military status and their family’s history. Meng Guangyao is revealed to be a man who stole the Su family’s initial business capital, abandoned his wife, and later married into wealth, currently holding a minority stake in the company he built on stolen foundations. Su Luoyan decides to take action against this deception, not for the sake of the fake family image, but to protect her brother’s reputation and assert her own identity.

Throughout the chapters, the dynamic between Su Luoyan and Fu Cheng Shen is explored through their daily interactions. He provides for her materially and emotionally, buying her sanitary pads personally and caring for her during her period, while she supports his emotional well-being, encouraging him to find his own path beyond the family legacy. Their relationship is characterized by a deep, unspoken understanding and physical intimacy that Fu Cheng Shen guards fiercely. Meanwhile, Fu Cheng Shen continues to consolidate his power within the Fu Corporation, dealing with internal dissent and preparing for larger strategic moves in the 5G healthcare sector.

The narrative also touches on Su Luoyan’s internal conflict regarding her future. She feels inadequate compared to the driven achievements of those around her, including Fu Cheng Shen’s billion-dollar empire and her brother’s military service. This sense of being lost prompts her to consider starting her own business, though she remains uncertain about her direction. The story balances these personal insecurities with the external pressures of the wealthy elite circles in Beijing, where Su Luoyan’s status as Fu Cheng Shen’s secret companion is a subject of rumor and speculation among the socialites and corporate employees.

As the plot progresses, the tension between the public and private spheres intensifies. Su Luoyan’s decision to unpin her chat with Fu Cheng Shen in front of Fu Siqi highlights her fear of exposure and the fragility of their secret. The arrival of Meng Qin’s video adds a layer of familial conflict, connecting Su Luoyan’s past trauma with her present reality. The story sets the stage for Su Luoyan to potentially reclaim her agency, both in dealing with the Meng family’s exploitation and in defining her own career and identity, all while maintaining her complex, hidden relationship with one of the most powerful men in the country.