Starting Today, I'll Work as a City Lord - Chapter 168: All the World’s Delicacies are in the City Lord’s Mansion

Su Mo transmigrated to the world of urban cultivation novels with a system. As a passerby, he was not interested in the plot and didn’t want to get involved with the protagonists or the heroines.What he didn’t know was that he himself was also a protagonist and the big villainess bound to a destiny villain system came to his door.[Ding! Destiny Protagonist Detected: Su Mo][Please Make a Choice!][Whether to: 1) Kill! or 2) Subdue!]Yang Qingxi looked at the system prompt in front of her and decisively clicked on…***Note: The beginning of the story is very similar to the plots of many novels out there in the same genre. Here I emphasize! They are not the same! As the story progresses, you will understand.This story is set in a parallel world.The names of many characters will be Chinese, but the story has very little Chinese culture elements.I am not a Chinese so don’t have expectations regarding it. ＼(º □ º l|l)/Everything in my story is based on my imagination and has nothing to do with any person, place, or religion. All similarities are coincidences. (¬‿¬)Happy Reading!!! (＾▽＾)/Discord Link: [https://discord.gg/nmeZpWgKZg]

Before getting married, Shen Xi knew that her fiancee had a girl he was secretly in love with for years.
After the divorce, she found out that the girl was her.

Before getting married, Shen Xi knew that there was going to be no love in her marriage.
After the divorce, she found that her ex-husband had married for love.

Before their marriage, her husband had a lot of money.
After the divorce, her ex-husband went bankrupt paying for the huge alimony.

Then, Shen Xi was reborn to the day of their marriage.
Shen Xi would just like to ask, would it kill you to say ‘I like you’??

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“It’s true… So why does no one believe me?”Sometimes, I play small pranks, but they’re really just small ones.I’m not the mastermind at all.

“What are you doing, Logan?”Jean’s voice was sharp, but her body betrayed her leaning into the warmth of his breath as his lips traced a sinful path down her neck.“You promised me a kiss every day, remember?” Logan murmured, his smirk curling against her skin.“Or should I read the contract to you again?”She should pull away. She knows this is wrong.But resisting Logan Kingsley?That was never in the plan.------------------------------------------------------Jean Adams has spent her entire life under the suffocating control of her powerful family, molded into the perfect daughter, the flawless businesswoman, and the untouchable heiress. But when her parents cross the final line, demanding she marry the very man who once shattered her, she refuses to be their pawn any longer. If they want a marriage, she’ll give them one. But on her terms.Logan Kingsley, her sworn enemy. A self-made billionaire with a reputation for winning, Logan has spent years battling Jean in boardrooms and beyond. They have never seen eye to eye, their hatred simmering since childhood. But when Jean offers him a deal, a contract marriage that benefits them both, he doesn’t hesitate.For Logan, marrying Jean is a strategic move. For Jean, it’s her ultimate revenge. Tying herself to Logan is the perfect way to break free from her family’s grip, humiliate them, and destroy the future they tried to force upon her. But as their fake marriage plays out under the public eye, their carefully crafted plan starts to unravel.Old wounds resurface. The line between pretense and reality blurs. And the one thing Jean swore she’d never risk, her heart, may become the biggest casualty of all.In a game of power, betrayal, and unexpected passion, Jean and Logan must decide: Is their marriage just a weapon for revenge, or has it become something far more dangerous?