[Sweet romance + marriage first, love later: testing the waters, flirtation, and choosing each other. Heroine: clear-headed, not a naive pushover. Hero: devoted, single-minded, and tsundere.]
During a New Year’s get-together with her friend Xia Tong, Feng Luoqing discovered that the owner of the hot pot restaurant was none other than Cheng Shuyu, the campus heartthrob from their school days. Her friend told her that Cheng Shuyu was gay.
To escape her family’s pressure to marry, Feng Luoqing made a marriage agreement with Cheng Shuyu. She only wanted to get out from under her elders’ moral coercion, with each of them getting what they needed. But she never expected this man, rumored to be a lover of handsome men, to follow her all the way to Lishi and even move into her little inn. Before long, they were living together without a care in the world…
Their “life together” was full of ridiculous mishaps. They secretly developed feelings for each other, rekindled an old romance, and confessed their love. Their story was both angsty and sweet…
Feng Luoqing: “Cheng Shuyu, this is a fake marriage… Ah… Wait…”
“Fake marriage? I’m not interested in other women.”
Afterward, Cheng Shuyu brushed the strands of hair away from Feng Luoqing’s face. “Is this fake?”
Feng Luoqing: “It’s real…”
Cheng Shuyu: “Everything between us has been real from the very beginning. Our marriage is real, and everything I’ve done for you is real. I threw away the marriage agreement a long time ago.”
Feng Luoqing: “Ah… You…”
Cheng Shuyu lowered his head and kissed her. “The marriage certificate is real, and so is our honeymoon. Everything between us is real. None of it is fake.”
You thought marrying you was just a whim of mine, but in truth, I’d been planning it for a long time! I truly love you!
