One-on-one romance + mutual chastity + happy ending + secretly in love with each other
A misunderstanding and a bit of venting lead Yu Yuan to somehow marry Jiang Yucheng, the man she’s had a crush on for years. She thinks it’s just a temporary arrangement to fend off their families’ pressure to marry, but little by little, she falls into the trap he’s carefully laid for her.
Sharing a room? He says they have to make the act convincing and keep their parents’ spies at bay.
Working together? He says it’s for coordinating on a project, and keeps business and personal matters convenient.
Keeping their relationship secret? Behind the scenes, he’s plotting how to go public, preferably in a way that makes sure everyone knows.
Yu Yuan has always assumed he and his childhood sweetheart, Ye Zhixia, are a couple. What she doesn’t know is that…
He fell for her before she fell for him, and loved her even more deeply.
He’s been treating her childhood friend, Cheng Jingzhou, as a romantic rival and quietly stewing with jealousy for years.
And when Jiang Yucheng discovers that she thinks he has someone else in his heart, the marriage he schemed to bring about starts spiraling completely out of control…
They’re both secretly in love, and both have it wrong: he thinks she loves her childhood friend, while she thinks he loves his childhood sweetheart. One marriage certificate ties together two people who never say what they really mean.
The male lead is reserved and devious: calm and composed on the surface, but always making his moves, luring his wife into his arms.
The female lead is proud and stubborn: she says she wants a divorce, but her actions tell a different story.
The childhood sweetheart is their wingman. Ye Zhixia says, “You aloof idiot. No wonder you can’t win your wife over!”
After reading several of the teacher's books, I feel that his bad taste is very similar to mine. It's like meeting a close friend in a low place 🤦