The Canary and the Wind: After Our Arranged Marriage, I Found Out He Was an Old Acquaintance

A carefree, cool guy who later becomes a stern, serious man vs. a gentle, reserved, well-behaved girl who later becomes a distant, conflicted woman hiding behind a facade One-on-one romance, heartwarming and healing, slow burn Chu Wei has started to feel tired of it all: this suffocating life, this bleak future. She has lost her ability to feel, pushed forward like an exquisite doll to serve her father’s every interest. She doesn’t know whether the next step will lead further into this life, or toward the abyss that has been staring back at her for so long. Everyone believes Chu Wei and Shen Yue’s marriage is nothing but a business arrangement. No one knows that years ago, she once saw him as the only light in her dark life. Now they meet again. He has become a stern, taciturn CEO from a wealthy family, while she is a pawn her family has pushed into an arranged marriage. At the matchmaking banquet, he arrives late, his eyes showing not a trace of warmth or recognition. Chu Wei grips her skirt and suppresses the emotions surging within her. It’s fine. He doesn’t recognize me. That’s for the best. But later He shields her, declaring his claim to everyone: “She’s mine.” Awkwardly, he learns to be gentle, pulling her out of the suffocating mire and giving her a home where she can find shelter from the storm. Looking at the possessiveness and tenderness in his eyes, Chu Wei finally realizes: She isn’t the only one trapped in that reunion no one else knows about. From then on, withered branches bloom again, and they weather every storm together.