Falling Into Her Thousand-Fathom-Deep Marriage

Marriage first, love later × five-year age gap, with the man older × slow-burn romance × healing

At twenty-five, Mu Zaixi experienced two major upheavals: first, she learned she was adopted; second, she had to take her younger sister’s place and marry the man her sister was betrothed to.

Her new husband was Zhao Tingchuan, a man notorious in the capital for his ruthlessness. People said he was violent and bloodthirsty, a man who held the world in his hand and inspired fear in everyone.

On the day they registered their marriage, he left his wife behind and flew abroad for six months, leaving her with an absurd agreement:

No romance, no declarations of love, and no checking up on each other. Keep at least one meter apart socially, or pay a fine of one hundred thousand.

Mu Zaixi carefully respected the boundaries, waiting to collect her money and divorce him when three years were up.

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Zhao Tingchuan disliked being touched and didn’t believe in love. Work was his one passion.

The day he returned home, his dull life was turned upside down.

When he saw his wife crying prettily because of a fever, he broke the rules before he knew it.

With his jaw tense and his face expressionless, he transferred three hundred thousand, marking the payment: Three fines for violating the agreement.

From then on, there was no stopping him.

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Rules can be made, but love knows no limits. Zhao Tingchuan