My Best Friend’s Big Brother Is Fierce, but at Night He Clings to Me, Calling Me Baby

When Li Qing wakes up and sees the close-cropped, cold-faced man on her marriage certificate, she’s stunned. Who is this gorgeous woman? Her best friend sends her a furious message from a thousand miles away: “I told you to sleep with my second brother! How did you end up dragging my eldest brother, the living King of Hell, to the marriage bureau? His nickname is ‘the power cut for all of Beijing’s elite circle,’ and he could freeze you at thirty below! You’re done for. Get ready to stand at attention until menopause!” Li Qing glances at her brand-new husband: broad shoulders, narrow waist, eight-pack abs, and a military belt that makes her legs go weak. A life of celibacy? Sounds pretty exciting to her. Later, everyone in Beijing’s elite circle witnesses this: The famously restrained and chaste head of the Ji family squats by the sofa in the middle of the night, eyes red as he clutches a cat treat. “Baby, comfort me first, then feed it, okay?” His secretary is at his wit’s end: President Ji has once again paid to make their joint trending topic explode: #TheWholeInternetIsHuntingTheCatThatStoleMyGirl# Everyone online thinks Li Qing is having a miserable time. Only she knows the truth: her husband pins her against the floor-to-ceiling window and makes her count the stars, grips her waist and kisses her breathless in a Maybach, then murmurs hoarsely, “I’d give you my life.” What’s even crazier is that she blows her cover in front of her ex: the low-key home cook is actually a top-tier star dessert blogger with tens of millions of followers! As the hashtag tops the trending list, Ji Huailin likes and reposts it, adding a picture of their marriage certificate: “My wife. The real deal. [Ring]” Later, her best friend rubs her hands together and asks why the eldest brother changed his surname. The man holds the young woman in his arms, his voice low and husky: “She saved me from a stray cat when I was a kid, and I knew then that she was home. My surname doesn’t matter. My wife and children are what matter.” And so all of Beijing’s elite circle finally learns the truth: the living King of Hell has no power switch. He spoils only one person and puts his life in her hands.