Name: Dark Currents of Marriage
Author: The Landlord Plants Trees

Synopsis

[Both leads devoted only to each other + age gap + marriage before love + old flames rekindled]

Eight years ago, Pei Yushen sent Mu Qianyu to “hell” with a single photograph.

Eight years later, he rushed over in the middle of the night with a marriage contract, saying he wanted to marry her!

He said this wouldn't be a marriage of convenience, with each of them simply getting what they needed.

He wanted to start a family with her, have children, and spend the rest of their lives together.

She thought he was just caught up in the moment and talking nonsense.

Until one day, he showed up with her household registration booklet, blocked her way at the door, and took her straight to the Civil Affairs Bureau.

…

Later, she thought this was nothing more than a marriage in name only, where they would treat each other with polite respect.

But...

As soon as she got out of the shower, he picked up the hair dryer and said he wanted to “build their relationship as husband and wife”;

When someone gave her a hard time at the mall, he immediately pulled their investment;

When she cried after getting drunk, he stayed up all night, gently comforting her;

He even turned the world upside down to get justice for the grievances she had suffered years ago.

Mu Qianyu grew more and more confused.

Until one night, he pinned her against the edge of the bed and murmured, “It's time we had a child.”

Only then did she suddenly realize:

He really meant it.

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