A cold, domineering CEO × a resilient beauty
Married first, love later | Mutual redemption | A sweet slice-of-life romance
Their marriage certificate was handled by an agency. Three months into their marriage, Su Wanyin had never met her husband.
All she knew was that his surname was Ji, and he was the one person in Jiangcheng no one dared to cross.
She married him because she traded her marriage to her biological father in exchange for her younger brother’s medical bills.
Then one day, while entertaining clients, a greasy business partner cornered her in a private room.
The door swung open.
A man walked in and looked down at her. “She’s my wife.”
She stared at him, stunned. “You... haven’t mistaken me for someone else, have you?”
He didn’t answer.
He simply took a creased marriage certificate from his pocket.
When the client heard the name “Ji Tingyun,” he dropped to his knees on the spot.
She stood there, frozen, watching the man rumored to have no interest in women take off his coat and drape it over her shoulders.
As a teenager, Su Wanyin had once been a bright, cheerful girl. She would crouch by the roadside to offer candy to strangers.
Then her family fell on hard times and her younger brother became gravely ill. She learned to tread carefully and hide her true self.
She never imagined that the stranger she had long forgotten would remember her for six years.
“Why did you choose me?”
“Because it was you.”
He doted on her and indulged her, all so the girl who had hidden herself away could find the courage to smile again.
“Mr. Ji, ours is only a marriage of convenience.”
He gripped her waist, his voice low. “You were the one who proposed the agreement, and it never said we couldn’t kiss or sleep together.”
Six years ago, she gave him a piece of candy.
Six years later, he gave her a marriage, and a lifetime together.
*This isn’t quite a case of a longtime secret crush coming true. He chose her because of their past, but their feelings grew through the little moments they shared. Go ahead and dive in.
