[Rebellious, carefree bandit girl vs. sharp-tongued but secretly devoted older cousin] + [Marriage Before Love] + [Both are each other’s first] + [Hopelessly devoted husband] + [Happy ending]
Because of a hereditary illness, Ji Xinshi always thought she wouldn’t live long.
Taking her older sister’s advice, she went looking for someone to marry. She never expected that the man who cut in and whisked her off to register their marriage right there on the street would be the sole heir to the Tang family, whose wealth rivaled that of a nation.
Tang Lingke teased her, calling her “a female bandit who came to the city to steal a man.” Ji Xinshi didn’t deny it. Instead, she planned to drag him home and “consummate the marriage.”
It was supposed to be a marriage of convenience, with everything going according to plan. But from that night on, things took off in a direction neither of them could control.
She clearly laid out the boundaries between them, but he mistakenly thought she saw him as nothing more than a “husband-for-hire who came to stamp the paperwork.”
Later, to keep his wife by his side, Tang Lingke deliberately suggested, “You can stay in the marital home on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. I’ll stay there on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. Sundays are free.”
As it turned out, he’d turn around, blame the drinks and claim he’d lost track of time, then exploit loopholes to sneak back to the marital home every single day and share a room with his wife.
Ji Xinshi called him domineering, shameless, and utterly without a shred of decency.
He gazed at her carefree smile and spoiled her without restraint, coaxing, “Wifey, I just want to be your bandit husband and warm your bed~”
Later still, Tang Lingke was banished to the guest room. In the middle of the night, he came to the master bedroom clutching a pillow and knocked pitifully on the door. “Wifey, I can’t sleep alone~”
There’s never any reason behind falling in love. It’s only a matter of how soon it happens.
