[A playboy with a fickle heart × a gentle, strong, independent beauty]
Contract marriage + bride substitution for her younger sister + slow-burn, sweet romance + one-on-one pairing, both devoted to each other
In the third year after Shen Xinyu was brought back to her family, her parents asked her to take her younger sister’s place and marry Lu Jinghan, the most eligible bachelor from Yucheng’s wealthiest family.
But everyone in Yucheng knew Lu Jinghan was a fickle playboy, cold and ruthless.
Even so, Shen Xinyu agreed to marry him, because she didn’t want to lose the family affection she had only just found.
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The first time Lu Jinghan met her, he laid down his terms: from then on, they would each live their own lives and stay out of each other’s way.
That suited Shen Xinyu just fine. This was an arranged marriage, after all, and they had no feelings for each other. Keeping to themselves sounded perfect.
After the wedding, everyone assumed their marriage wouldn’t last long. After all, Lu Jinghan was such a womanizer.
But only Lu Jinghan knew just how much he liked Shen Xinyu, how much he loved this strong young woman.
That night, the usually icy Lu Jinghan got drunk and wrapped his arms around Shen Xinyu’s slender waist as he said,
“Do you know? You’re the most interesting woman I’ve ever met.”
“I really like you.”
“Will you have a baby for me?”
Hadn’t they agreed to live their own lives and stay out of each other’s way?
Who would have thought he’d be the first to break their agreement?
The classic rich family marries first and then falls in love with each other, combined with the marriage contract setting of substitute marriage, the contrast between the characters is very interesting. The heroine Shen Xinyu is gentle and tough at heart. She has not been taken seriously at home since she was a child. In order to preserve the rare family relationship, she is willing to replace her arrogant younger sister and marry Lu Jinghan, a rich man who is known throughout the city for being romantic and aloof. In the early stage, the male protagonist was full of coldness and was rumored to be ruthless. The two of them were bound by a contract and lived in the same room, and their relationship was full of temptation and alienation. There is no sudden and forced love, the relationship grows slowly over time. Little by little, the male protagonist sees the independence and softness of the female protagonist hidden under the docile appearance. He sheds the cynicism pretense and is completely devoted to her. In the book, the contrast between the female supporting sister Shen Nian increases the conflict. Family favoritism, grievances about being married, and cold eyes from wealthy families are layered on top of each other. The heroine does not blindly give in and keeps her bottom line throughout the whole process. The two-way love process is delicate and healing. The 1v1 double clean setting is clean, and the later scenes where the male protagonist pursues his wife and resolves misunderstandings are sweet enough, and the story from polite contract to unswerving love is completely and touchingly written.