[Marriage First, Love Later x He Planned It All Along] [Business Tycoon x Qipao Designer]
After the Ruan family falls on hard times, Ruan Xi marries Jing Shiyu in a strategic alliance.
To her, the Jing family is a vine hanging over a cliff, something she has to hold onto for dear life. So she does everything she can to play the perfect wife.
When she hears that Jing Shiyu avoids women, Ruan Xi even feels relieved.
After they marry, Ruan Xi learns firsthand that you can't believe every rumor!
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At a gathering with friends, Jing Shiyu's childhood friend teases him: "I hear your wife's been busy with work lately, Jing. Doesn't that mean you're home alone all the time? Your married life sounds even more chaste than ours, and we're still single!"
Someone else disagrees. "Don't talk nonsense. Our Mr. Jing looks like the restrained, desire-free type who doesn't care about that sort of thing. Maybe he's into a platonic marriage."
Beneath the dim lights, Jing Shiyu smiles without replying, a girl's bright smile from years ago rising in his mind.
After wanting her for so many years, how could a marriage certificate possibly be enough?
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Ruan Xi realizes that Jing Shiyu has been acting more and more strangely since they got married.
But even stranger is how her heart keeps fluttering whenever she thinks of him.
Ruan Xi warns herself: This is only a business marriage. Get a grip!
Her heart in turmoil, she uses an overseas exhibition as an excuse to leave and sort out her feelings.
When Jing Shiyu finds the wedding ring she left behind, he panics, thinking she wants a divorce, and flies overseas that very night to catch up with her.
"Ruan Xi, would you try falling in love with me? I won't let you down."
What she once thought was a dead end turns out to be a path he has carefully laid, step by step.
Reading tips: The heroine's perspective is marriage first, love later; the hero's perspective is that he planned it all along.
The heroine has her own career arc, and both leads are each other's first and only.
