Classmate Ruan, Professor Jiang Has Liked You for a Long Time

[Sweet, charming, and spirited student × aloof, top-tier professor]

[Mutual secret crush + Long-planned romance + Mutual first love + A touch of secret identity + Secret marriage + Devoted husband]

· Ruan Tangmeng did three outrageous things:

1. Dreamed about Professor Jiang, her secret crush of ten years, and unbuttoned his shirt.

2. Woke up and promptly fell into his arms, making a spectacle of herself.

3. Heard he was being forced into an arranged marriage, so she turned around and “sold” herself to him: a marriage of convenience.

· Jiang Hezheng, the youngest celibate professor at Jingbei University of Technology, returned to China and immediately married a young woman.

Everyone assumed he had found an obedient “contract wife” to fend off his family's matchmaking plans.

Until people saw what was really going on:

· In the lab, he caught her in his arms just as she nearly fell, his eyes betraying a worry he didn't even realize he felt.

· On the balcony late at night, he stubbed out his cigarette and gazed tenderly at a photo of her asleep on his phone.

· Ruan Tangmeng had always thought their marriage began with her desperate “deception.”

She kept to her place and tried her best to play the part of “Mrs. Jiang,” but his endless indulgence drew her deeper and deeper.

That was until she was tidying his study and found the diary he'd hidden away under lock and key.

· The latest entry was written in sharp strokes:

“My wish has come true.”

· Turning back, she found the youthful, awkward handwriting of many years ago:

“She followed me again today. She's adorably clumsy... I hope she'll grow up, but I also don't want her to grow up...”

· Her hands trembling, she opened the final page, written in his strong, forceful hand:

“A marriage of convenience? What I want is for you to take my name willingly and spend the rest of your life with me.”

“Little girl, you were never a compromise.”