Genuine marriage first, love later / Marriage between powerful families / Five-year age gap
Clear-headed and gentle vs. stern, fatherly type
When her older sister runs away from her wedding, Jiang Ting is forced to marry her sister’s fiancé.
He is the head of the Gu family, one of the most powerful families around. Rumor has it he’s a workaholic, strict and old-fashioned.
He leaves on a business trip the very day they register their marriage.
Jiang Ting’s friend rails against the unfairness, saying she might as well be widowed from the day she marries.
Jiang Ting, however, thinks it suits her perfectly. Her husband is rich beyond measure and loves business trips. They can each live their own lives without interfering with the other’s. He’s practically the perfect husband.
She carefully plays her part as Mrs. Gu, treating marriage like writing a manuscript: all she has to do is try her best.
Until one snowy, muddy night, the usually composed and proper Gu Yunchen traps her against his chest. Pressing close to her damp hair, he whispers in her ear,
“Do you regret marrying me?”
Gu Yunchen married Jiang Ting for the sake of his family’s interests. He thought she was a suitable match, and they had no romantic feelings for each other before the wedding.
To him, marriage was simply another life task. His initial ideal was for them to treat each other with respect and courtesy.
After their wedding, Jiang Ting performed that role to perfection, but he couldn’t stand it anymore.
He didn’t want her to be polite and distant with him from beginning to end.
He didn’t want them to act like a loving couple in public, only to seem like strangers afterward.
He wanted her heart. He wanted her love.
[A sweet slice-of-life romance]
