Lin Xiaolu, a 28-year-old illustrator, was on the verge of a breakdown after being dragged into her 28th blind date. Across from her sat a picky man and his mother, and she was just about to make a run for it when someone at the next table suddenly called her name.
Chen Ming, 32, is a senior engineer at the provincial design institute. He earns 500,000 yuan a year, owns a house and a car, and is the kind of stable, high-quality man who makes you feel at ease. He helped her escape the awkward situation, then asked seriously, “How about we get married as a business arrangement, for one year?”
This wasn't a spur-of-the-moment idea. At a party three years ago, he saw her standing on a balcony, the wind blowing her hair out of place. She brushed it back with her hand. One glance was all it took, and he remembered her for three years.
He followed her on Weibo, saved every one of her paintings, and went to every one of her exhibitions. He knew what kind of yogurt she liked and that the pressure to get married was driving her nearly crazy. He'd been waiting for a chance, even if it only meant getting a little closer to her.
And so they ended up with this “contract marriage”: a south-facing room reserved for her, her favorite yogurt always stocked in the fridge, and noodles brought to her when she worked late, “because I just happened to make too much”...
This is a story of healing each other. For three years, he loved her in his own way, awkwardly but steadfastly. And when she discovered the truth, she finally understood:
The best kind of secret love is when you've been loved for a long time without even knowing it.
This book is so good, the more I read it, the more I read it and I couldn't stop reading it! 😳
Well written! Telling the truth, the ordinary life, without deliberately fabricating unreasonable plots, describes a person's secret love and protection to the extreme.