A Grand Wedding in the Capital

[Marriage First, Love Later | Age Gap | Slow-Burn Romance | Devoted and Guaranteed Sweet]

Older, celibate flower grower X gentle, sensitive, slightly haughty girl

Li Zhi doesn’t believe in love, but she also refuses to enter a loveless marriage.

Chu Zheng patiently tries to get close to this shy little mimosa.

Li Zhi breaks his heart when she says, “If you want an arranged marriage, go find Li Shuyao.”

Chu Zheng: “I don’t want an arranged marriage. I want to get married.”

But just half an hour later, Li Zhi asks him with reddened eyes, “Do you want to get married? Don’t ask. Don’t ask anything.”

*

After they marry, Li Zhi gets angry and goes back to her parents’ home.

Chu Zheng comes after her, holding a bouquet of flowers.

For the first three days, she refuses to open the door.

For the next three, she peeks at him from the balcony.

Three days later, she welcomes him with open arms, lifting her little princess’s chin haughtily. “I’ll take the flowers, but I won’t see the guest.”

After who knows how many three-day stretches, Chu Zheng finally comes alone.

Li Zhi: “Where are the flowers?”

Chu Zheng: “I’ve planted a whole garden. Want to come home and see it?”

*

Later, knowing the young woman is in love with him, he settles old scores.

“I chased you step by step and you didn’t fall for me, but the moment someone else provoked you, you walked right into the trap. Our marriage didn’t get off to an honest start. What are you going to do about it?”

Li Zhi kisses the corner of his lips. “How could the perfect marriage Mr. Chu gave me be a trap?”

Chu Zheng: “…”

What was I angry about again?

Li Zhi: Older men are so easy to handle.