Love Ignites After Marriage: Mr. He, Please Show Some Restraint!

Resilient heiress × refined man in power

Beijing’s elite circle | marriage first, love later | four-year age gap | slow-burn, sweet romance

He Jinzhu, the powerful head of a top-tier family in northern Beijing, is cool and reserved, and rarely loses control.

Cen Ran has no expectations of love. A marriage alliance with a man like him means she needn’t worry about getting entangled in feelings, which suits her just fine.

Fulfilling her mother’s dying wish, she married He Jinzhu at the age of twenty-four.

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Everyone in their circle said that since she had used a debt of gratitude to secure the marriage, He Jinzhu would only resent her more. They said their marriage would be in name only and wouldn’t last, and waited to see her thrown out.

Cen Ran thought so too.

But on their wedding night, He Jinzhu cast aside his usual coldness, wrapped an arm around her waist, and murmured hoarsely, “I’m addicted to you. You’ll have to get used to it, wife.”

After they married, He Jinzhu cherished and respected her. As she began to show her true mettle, he stood by her and cleared the way.

The usually aloof man devoted his entire heart to her.

Rumors continued to circulate in their circle, and certain truths began to surface. On a snowy day when the temperature had dropped well below freezing, Cen Ran crouched by the roadside in thin clothes, her eyes unfocused.

He Jinzhu carefully wrapped her in his arms, his voice choked with grief. “Ranran, I’m taking you home.”

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Some love stories are a game of proving and disproving. He Jinzhu’s love for Cen Ran remains steadfast, day after day.

Making Ranran happy, safe, and content is He Jinzhu’s lifelong pursuit.

(Told from the heroine’s perspective, marriage first, love later; the hero has been plotting for a long time.)