Marriage first, love later; age gap; sweet romance; long-planned pursuit
Clear-headed heroine, abstinent and restrained elite from Beijing
The heroine, Wen Wan, is a moderately well-known novelist with a small social circle. Pressured by her parents to marry, she enters a marriage alliance with Shen Yi, a powerful Beijing socialite who lives upstairs and whom she has only recently met. They register their marriage.
At first, she thinks marriage is just a transaction, with each of them getting what they want. Only after they marry does she discover how deeply devoted the aloof, restrained man is. He maneuvers carefully, drawing her into his trap step by step.
Everyone bets that Shen Yi is naturally aloof and restrained, and that this marriage is nothing more than a performance.
He cooks for her, coaxes her to sleep, and introduces her to his circle of friends, but Wen Wan assumes he's simply fulfilling his obligations.
Until the impeccably dressed man puts aside his pride and coaxes her in a husky voice: “Don't be stubborn with me. I'll indulge that little temper of yours, all right? Be good.”
“It's fine if you keep this up a little longer, but don't cry. The moment you cry, I won't know what to do.”
“You can leave if you want, but hold on to me. Otherwise, I'll carry you off myself, and I don't care who sees.”
Only then does she realize that in this marriage he had planned for so long, she had already fallen into his trap.
