[Marriage before love + sweet little details + devoted, mutually faithful couple + older male lead + six-year age gap + all-consuming secret crush + long-planned pursuit]
A cool, reserved beauty with a rich inner world and an adorable contrast between her inner and outer self × a devoted, emotionally steady, calculating tycoon who patiently works his way into her heart.
Jiang Yumian always thought her marriage to Pei Shiyu, a powerful Beijing tycoon, was just two patients helping each other out. It wasn’t until he lost control night after night that she realized this man had been a scheming little rose thief from the very beginning.
To escape her perverted stepbrother’s harassment, Jiang Yumian marries Pei Shiyu, a “fellow patient” she met at a psychological clinic. He’s emotionally detached, while she suffers from severe anxiety. He promises to protect her, and she hopes to be a dutiful wife. They agree to fulfill their marital obligations no more than twice a month.
What Jiang Yumian doesn’t expect is that their “twice a month” rule keeps getting broken. The man who introduced himself before their wedding as “old-fashioned, quiet, and not very interested in sex” turns out to be nothing of the sort.
Then one night, Pei Shiyu pins Jiang Yumian firmly against the wall. The man who is usually so dignified and self-controlled speaks in a low, intense voice. “Jiang Yumian, now that you’re mine, don’t ever run away.”
The business tycoon known as the “Living King of Hell” tenderly rubs his wife’s aching, sore lower back.
“Jiang Yumian, from my youth to adulthood, my only affliction has been falling in love with you. Every time I lose control, it’s because loving you is instinct.”
President Pei isn’t incapable of love. He’s simply given all his devotion and passion to one person.
