Mr. Shen, Your Wife Has Had a Crush on You for Ten Years, but She Wants a Divorce

[Capital’s golden boy VS pure, resilient little white flower]

[Substitute bride + regret-and-pursuit romance + mutual pining + both pure + 1v1 + the whole family’s regret-and-pursuit arc]

When her adopted older sister runs away from her wedding, Zhuang Qing is forced to marry the Shen family’s golden boy. Everyone knows it’s a marriage of convenience, with no love involved.

But nobody knows that Zhuang Qing has had a crush on Shen Ji for ten years.

Zhuang Qing thinks they’re following the “marry first, fall in love later” script, but she underestimates just how much Shen Ji despises her.

The day after the wedding, Shen Ji leaves to take up a post far away. They have no contact at all while he’s gone.

He doesn’t return until six months later.

At a banquet, a rising starlet in the entertainment industry clings to Shen Ji’s arm and coos at him, while he pretends not to know her.

He is cold and distant toward her. How could Zhuang Qing not know he’s angry?

Still, she clings to her foolish hopes.

Until

Shen Ji’s childhood sweetheart returns after her divorce.

Only then does Zhuang Qing see the carefree, radiant smile of his youth return to his icy face.

Having repaid the Zhuang family’s kindness, Zhuang Qing turns and walks away.

She no longer wants their familial affection, and she no longer wants love.

*

The capital’s social circles widely believe that Shen Ji, the lofty, heaven-favored golden boy of the Shen family, is in love with his childhood sweetheart.

But only his closest friend knows that Shen Ji once confessed to Zhuang Qing, only to be rejected and doused with a bucket of cold water.

After that, Shen Ji’s personality changed completely.

His friend watched them get married, then watched them get divorced, while Shen Ji grew quieter by the day.

Until

Shen Ji learns the whole truth.

He rushes after her and, beneath the falling snow, his eyes redden as he stands below her building. “Zhuang Qing, could we... not get divorced?”