Marriage first, love later + Five-year age gap + The powerful one falls hard
The He family, one of Nancheng’s most prominent and powerful clans, holds a lavish matchmaking banquet and invites the heirs and heiresses of the city’s elite families. Song Qingning attends at her father’s insistence and quietly sits in a corner. She never expects to become one of the chosen marriage partners.
As the He family heir, He Zongyu is said to be a notorious workaholic: aloof, refined, and indifferent to others.
On the day they register their marriage, he leaves on a business trip.
Everyone assumes He Zongyu is unhappy with the marriage. Some even mock Song Qingning to her face, saying she isn’t good enough for him. She’s been abandoned right after the wedding!
Song Qingning doesn’t care and brushes them off with a casual retort.
Everyone watches, eager for a good show, waiting for news of their divorce.
Until one day, Song Qingning comes home from a class reunion, staring at a high school graduation photo in her hand. He Zongyu immediately spots the two people in blue-and-white uniforms standing side by side. His eyes darken with an anger he can’t hide. He snatches the photo away, grips her slender waist, and demands,
“Do you regret marrying me now?”
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He Zongyu chose Song Qingning for one reason: at the banquet, she sat quietly alone in a corner, chin resting on her hands, gentle and serene, entirely separate from the lively world around her.
That temperament suited him perfectly. She wouldn’t cling to him.
The first clause of their prenuptial agreement: No romantic feelings, and neither spouse may interfere in the other’s life.
After they marry, Song Qingning strictly abides by the agreement. Aside from the necessary duties of a married couple, they leave each other alone.
But He Zongyu begins to grow dissatisfied.
Dissatisfied that she pays him no mind,
Dissatisfied that she is always so polite and distant.
He begins to want her heart.
He wants all of her.
