[Age gap + long-planned romance + secret love becomes mutual + second male lead takes the crown + reserved, old-fashioned man + marriage first, love later + feelings grow over time + sweet romance + happy ending]
Jiang Tang lost both her parents at a young age. By a twist of fate, she became engaged to Shen Chuan.
She saw him as her salvation.
But Shen Chuan humiliated her again and again until her heart turned cold, and she finally chose to call off the engagement.
Over the next three months, Jiang Tang picked the man she liked best from a thousand candidates and got a marriage certificate with him. It was a sham marriage.
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Xie Qingyan, head of the Xie family in the capital, is the very definition of mystery. There are countless rumors about him, but few people have ever seen him in person.
As a young man, he fell for a girl. But she was already engaged, so he could only bury his feelings deep in his heart.
Then he unexpectedly learned that the girl wanted to find someone to enter a fake marriage with, so she could truly break off her engagement.
He thought his chance had finally come…
[Marriage first, love later from the heroine's perspective / secret love turns mutual from the hero's perspective]
