Bedmates: Strangers by Day, Lovers by Night

[Taciturn Top Lawyer & Clear-Headed Pharmacist] [Marriage Before Love + Whirlwind Wedding + Love Grows Over Time + Sweet, Slow-Burn Romance] Zhou Jinyan was the notorious "Cold-Faced King of Hell" in legal circles. He could verbally spar with a courtroom full of opponents and leave them trembling, yet outside the courtroom, he was practically a robot. Shen Banxia was famous at the pharmacy as the "sharp-tongued beauty." "All medicine has side effects," and "Keep taking random pills and you'll end up in the ICU. Don't expect me to pay for it," were the kinds of things she said. Her words cut deeper than Mammy Rong's. But when she got home and faced her robotic husband, all she could manage was "Mm," "Ah," and "Oh..." The marriage between a medical dynasty and a wealthy family was, at its core, a high-stakes deal: a life-saving favor exchanged for unimaginable riches. To outsiders, the couple treated each other with icy respect. But only Shen Banxia knew that they spoke more in bed than out of it. To be precise, she and her husband, whom she'd married on a whim, were bedmates: strangers by day, familiar by night... But as time went on, he changed, and his repertoire grew more varied. She couldn't get used to it, so she came up with all sorts of excuses to hide at the pharmacy and work overtime. Until one day, he cornered her in the pharmacy. She instinctively backed away, her waist hitting the glass prescription cabinet. There was nowhere left to retreat. "Counselor Zhou, according to the Civil Code, marriage..." She tried to reason with him. "I don't listen to the law. I only listen to your heartbeat." Ignoring her struggles, he pressed his ear tightly to her heaving chest. "It's crying for help... Beating so fast, could it be... because you really like me?"