[Marriage between wealthy families + love grows over time + family feuds + groveling chase + happy ending]
At a party, Zhou Yanchuan raised his glass and drank with several friends.
After a few drinks, Su Zhe asked him, “Are you really okay with marrying for the sake of an alliance?”
Zhou Yanchuan gave a sardonic smile. “It was bound to happen sooner or later.”
Clearly unwilling to let him off the hook, Su Zhe said gleefully, “An arranged marriage is like opening a mystery box. Half the fun is the surprise.”
As it turned out, Zhou Yanchuan married a thorny rose who wouldn't let him touch her.
*
Han Qingyan asked, “Didn't you have something about relationships you wanted to ask me?”
Zhou Yanchuan put on an arrogant face, acting awkward and pretending he hadn't heard.
After turning a few more pages and clearing his throat, he asked as if it were nothing, “Um… how do you win your wife back?”
*
Later, Meng Qinghe won the “Fashion Designer of the Year” award.
During her acceptance speech, tears filled her eyes, and she could barely get the words out. “Grandpa, look. I did it.”
In a secluded corner below the stage, Zhou Yanchuan was in tears too.
After the banquet ended and the guests had left, Zhou Yanchuan walked up to her. The two stood in silence for a long time.
Years of emotion swirled like countless strands of sorrow in his chest. He said, “Qinghe, do I still have a chance?”
*
Heroine: fashion designer vs. hero: domineering CEO
Damn, can Su Zhe and Xu Yang write books?
The plot of Marriage First, Love Later is about family, which is quite surprising.