A Bright Path to Marriage

A sweet romance that starts with marriage (two main couples)

[Both leads are faithful + Secret crush becomes mutual + Love grows over time + Urban romance + Sweet pampering]

Finance prodigy and big shot X gentle, sweet, obedient girl

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In eighth grade, Hu Ni first met Xu Jingzhi, who had just started his senior year of high school.

He came over to visit with Aunt Yuan and Uncle Xu. At the time, Hu Ni was struggling with a geometry problem. She’d had a falling-out with her older brother a few days earlier, so she absolutely refused to ask him for help.

She pushed open the door and happened to see Xu Jingzhi turn to look at her from the sofa. In that moment, she never forgot his face.

Xu Jingzhi glanced at the problem in her hand and smiled. “Give me your pencil, sis. I’ll show you how to solve it.”

He took a sheet of paper and sketched out three different solutions in less than five minutes.

In truth, Hu Ni didn’t take in a single word of his calculations. All she remembered was that he smelled lovely, his bright eyes seemed to shine, his nose was so straight and handsome, and his smile was especially gentle. He was so patient, too.

Her mother told her that he was the champion of the National High School Mathematics Competition.

That day, she remembered his name: Xu Jingzhi.

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Years later, Hu Ni went to Yale for her brother’s graduation and unexpectedly ran into Xu Jingzhi again. He had stayed in New York to work.

For his sake, she defied her family’s objections and applied to a university in New York, only to discover that the man she loved already had someone else in his heart. After her internship ended in failure, she left in heartbreak. But on the night before she was due to leave the United States, she and a drunk Xu Jingzhi spent the night together.

They met again two years later in Jingzhou City. Xu Jingzhi had returned to China.