My Career, Not My Marriage

Everyone assumed Shen Qingzi married diplomatic golden boy Zhou Yu to ride his coattails—a nobody marrying up. The truth? Their marriage was pure strategy: he needed cover from family matchmaking pressure, she needed the protection of being "Mrs. Zhou" at work. But Zhou Yu made a fatal miscalculation. When he demanded she abandon her hard-earned promotion to follow him overseas, Shen Qingzi did the unthinkable—she walked away. "I built my career on merit, not your name," she declared, flipping the table on their arrangement. Sabotaged by rivals with false accusations? She pivoted to rural deve…