(Gentle, cool-headed professor × reserved, fatherly CEO)
Marriage first, love later / slow-burn sweetness / both leads' first relationship / rekindled love
Wen Chaoning never imagined she would marry the man arranged to wed her older sister, much less that her husband would be her ex's older brother.
Lu Yunshi marries Wen Chaoning only because she meets the requirements for an arranged marriage without romantic entanglements, where both parties simply fulfill their obligations.
After the wedding, they play the perfect couple and keep their promise not to discuss feelings.
Things change the day Lu Yunshi's younger brother returns from abroad. With a smile, he says, "Brother, you have no idea how much Ningning and I loved each other back then."
Lu Yunshi is consumed by jealousy and goes mad. That night, the perfect husband loses control for the first time.
He holds Wen Chaoning tightly in his arms, eyes bloodshot as he asks, "Did you ever love me?"
Wen Chaoning asks in return, "What about you?"
Their confrontation comes to nothing, and Wen Chaoning chooses to divorce him.
Only after the divorce does Lu Yunshi understand that love was never part of the plan. He cannot bear the thought of her life having no trace of him left in it.
The waiting period ends, and the divorce certificate is in hand. No longer able to hold back, Lu Yunshi knocks on his ex-wife's door.
He brings her breakfast and lunch, drives her to and from work, helps bathe her cat, accompanies her on business trips and research visits, and puts on a peacock-like display, carefully winning her over step by step.
His friends all say the cool, distant CEO Lu seems like a different person.
A year later, a reporter asks how he balances work and life. Lu Yunshi smiles faintly. "I do as my wife says."
Asked about his plans for the future, he answers with a tender gaze, "I'll keep pace with my wife's plans."
When the interview ends, he hurries away.
That night, a reporter snaps a photo of the usually aloof CEO Lu passionately kissing a woman beside a car.
The picture sets the internet ablaze, and Lu Yunshi creates an account just to claim it as his own.
I think it's pretty good so far, so please give it a thumbs up, author 😘
It looks good. When will my brother come back? 😳