After My Best Friend Left, I Married Her Husband

At 48, Lin Xiuyun was once the high-profile chairwoman of Yunxiu Group. Her ex-husband Ge Erqiang was a compulsive gambler who embezzled company funds and colluded with rival Zhao Tiancheng to steal core business secrets, leading the company to bankruptcy. Lin Xiuyun fell from the top, burdened with debt and public criticism, and hid away in ordinary life, working as a housekeeper to make a living. She always remembered her late best friend, architect Wang Guilan, who was her mentor and soulmate. Wang Guilan passed away three years ago, leaving behind her husband Chen Jianguo to live alone. A talented retired design institute director, he was trapped in grief over his wife and lived in disarray. Entrusted by Wang Guilan's last wish, Lin Xiuyun entered Chen Jianguo's home as a housekeeper. Their first meeting erupted into conflict over a department store blueprint stained with coffee. The drawing was Wang Guilan's treasured work, and Chen Jianguo angrily drove Lin Xiuyun away. As they spent time together, the ice gradually thawed: Lin Xiuyun was professional, capable, gentle, and resilient; Chen Jianguo was gruff but soft-hearted, lonely and devoted. In the little moments of daily life, amid the scent of jasmine, they saw each other's true hearts and feelings quietly grew. The peace was shattered when Ge Erqiang returned, extorting money and exposing Lin Xiuyun's past as chairwoman, accusing her of scheming, which broke the relationship. It was only when Chen Jianguo found an old photo of his late wife with Lin Xiuyun that she confessed: back then, bankrupt and ashamed, she could not bring herself to say goodbye to her best friend, and this time she had come to fulfill her last wish. With the truth revealed, they reconciled. After coming together, a conspiracy buried for twenty years came to light: Zhao Tiancheng had colluded with Ge Erqiang to ruin Lin Xiuyun, and now he planned to demolish Wang Guilan's beloved department store for profit. Lin Xiuyun and Chen Jiang...