Married to the Scent of Desire

[Marriage First, Love Later + Slow-Burn Romance + Mutual Firsts]

“Thirty million. I'll sell myself to you.”

The boldest thing Shi An ever did was probably to stop Lu Linzhou's car when she was desperate, her brain short-circuiting, and say those words to him.

As expected, he rejected her without a second thought.

But she never expected Lu Linzhou to call her again.

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Lu Linzhou couldn't withstand his grandmother's crying, fussing, and threatening to kill herself, so he agreed to find her a granddaughter-in-law.

He went to Shi An because, as he put it, “She's uncomplicated. It won't be a hassle to deal with her.”

After they got married,

Lu Linzhou got up at 6:45, and she got up at 6:30.

Lu Linzhou had breakfast at 7:15, while she left at 7:10 with bread in her mouth.

He worked overtime now and then on weekends; she worked overtime every weekend.

Even though they lived together, they often went a whole week without seeing each other.

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Shi An always remembered the terms of their prenuptial agreement: play along in public, but keep out of each other's affairs and leave each other alone in private.

But one person seemed to love contradicting himself.

He was the one who said he didn't want to get emotionally attached.

Yet late into the night, he'd grip her waist and beg her again and again:

“Shi An, tell me you love me, okay...”