Marriage First, Love Later + The Husband’s Long Road to Regret + Stand-In for His Beloved First Love + Childhood Sweethearts
Female lead: Jiang Weian
Male lead: Shen Ji, courtesy name Lanqing
In a nutshell: Jiang Weian once dreamed of spending her life with just one person, but eventually found herself caught between several men. She stopped hoping for love and chose to live freely on her own. “Why are men the only ones allowed to be fickle and flirtatious, while everyone celebrates a playboy’s so-called change of heart?”
From childhood, Jiang Weian had a remarkable aptitude for numbers. Both her parents were university professors, and she was hailed as a “genius girl.” At sixteen, she entered Jingzhou University, one of the country’s top institutions.
Shen Ji is the sole heir to the Shen family, a top global conglomerate. His father placed great expectations on him from an early age, and under his father’s overbearing control, he became deeply closed off. His childhood friend Xu Yao was the only splash of color in his otherwise gray life.
At twenty-three, he planned to confess his feelings to Xu Yao at his birthday banquet. But to his surprise, she went abroad. He later learned that she had fallen out with her parents and left without hesitation to marry a man overseas.
The bold, rebellious boy he’d been as a child became a reserved, solemn man who rarely smiled. He gave up on life outside work and devoted all his energy to his career.
Even after marrying Jiang Weian, they spent little time together. They were husband and wife in name, but more like partners. He needed a wife, and she simply happened to be there.
