Madam Qin's Sky Garden

[First marry, then fall in love, 1v1, both chaste]

For three years of marriage, Qin Che and Yun Xiao have played the loving couple in front of their families and acted like strangers in front of everyone else.

Yun Xiao has always thought Qin Che is just such a good actor that he can handle it all so naturally.

But Qin Che can’t understand why, when this marriage belongs to both of them, he’s the only one who’s gotten caught up in his role.

He always thought their marriage had everything except love.

So when she counted off on her fingers that she liked Qin Lang, Yuan Man, and Qi Yu, his heart turned cold.

All ten fingers were nearly counted, and his name still hadn’t come up.

At last, Qin Che couldn’t help asking, “What about Qin Che? Don’t you like him?”

She said, “It’s not that I like Qin Che. I love him.”

He asked, “What’s the difference between love and liking someone?”

She said, “When you like someone, seeing them makes you happy. You want to talk to them and be their friend. Love is a heartbeat, the merging of two lives. You can have many friends, but only one lover. Losing a friend is a regret; losing the one you love makes life wither. Your heart stops beating.”

He thought that if she hadn’t been drunk, she probably wouldn’t have said something like that. But if she hadn’t been drunk, how could he have glimpsed her true feelings?

Qin Che cupped her face, lowered his head, and kissed her lips, like the first snow settling in his palm, like a long-overdue love letter. He only wished the paper weren’t so short, and his feelings so long.