My Ultra-Cool Wife Is So Hard to Woo

Two Male Leads - Secret Marriage - Marriage First, Love Later - Both Pure - Angsty - Push and Pull - Contrast - The Pursuit After Losing Her - Angst Before Sweetness

Aloof, Ascetic Top x Timid at Home, Bold Outside Bottom

To pay for medical expenses, the bottom is controlled and blackmailed by his own mother, who has him made to look like her deceased younger son so he can marry the top.

Blinded by hatred, the top doesn't show up to register their marriage, and even their wedding photo is photoshopped. After the wedding, he treats the bottom with extreme coldness and harshness.

With no one to rely on and his mother holding the reins, the bottom has no choice but to suppress his true personality and endure life as the subordinate one.

At home, he's meek and obedient. Outside, everyone calls him Brother Ye.

He rides motorcycles with his buddies and his cat, goes bar-hopping with his friends, and stands up for people in trouble.

It's just that some punk ripped off his overalls!

That's right, he fights in overalls.

Damn, how embarrassing.

The top hates him as this ridiculous stand-in.

So his cute little bowl-cut gets shaved into a buzz cut, and he finally gets to be himself again.

Of course, the price is steep: less pocket money and an earlier curfew.

Brother Ye has it rough!

At last, the contract period ends. By then, he's exhausted in body and spirit, with his heart gone cold.

He signs the divorce papers without hesitation and leaves, but the top can't bring himself to sign. He hides them from everyone, leaving them untouched and gathering dust for a year.

When he accidentally learns the truth, he regrets everything and shamelessly refuses to get divorced.

Ye: "So? Am I still married?"

"You're still mine."

"The contract clearly says you can't stop me from finding someone else!"

"That doesn't count. The marriage certificate is what the law recognizes."

"..."

The man, full of regret: "Honey, you're so hard to win back!"