The Closer We Get, the More We Love

The husband chases his wife back to win her heart / Married first, fell in love later / One-on-one romance

The Zhou family was one of the most powerful families in the capital. The Old Master Zhou was obsessed with birth charts and fate. When he discovered that Xu Yuetian’s birth chart would bring great fortune to the Zhou family, he decided she was a perfect match for his grandson, Zhou Zhenghuai.

The Old Master arranged their marriage, then secretly signed an agreement with Xu Yuetian, without Zhou Zhenghuai’s knowledge: she would have a child, and they would divorce after three years.

Xu Yuetian patted her chest. “Having a baby is nothing. It’s much easier than being chased by debt collectors.”

To have a baby, she fussed over Zhou Zhenghuai and treated marriage like a business.

Zhou Zhenghuai was born cold and merciless. Xu Yuetian smiled sweetly and coaxed him. “Darling, let’s make a good life together. Having a child matters more than anything.”

Zhou Zhenghuai bent down and kissed her. “You sure know how to sweet-talk me.”

One day, the agreement slipped out of the cabinet. Zhou Zhenghuai’s veins bulged across the back of his hand. He would have a child with anyone but her.

Then he heard his wife’s sweet words and comforted himself: It was only money. He had plenty, and he would give her all of it, as long as she stayed.

But she still walked away without looking back.

Zhou Zhenghuai’s eyes blazed with fury. “Didn’t you say you wouldn’t leave until you’d had a child?”

“Didn’t you say you were just playing with my feelings? Why not keep playing with me for the rest of my life?”

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They met again on the street.

Xu Yuetian eyed him warily. “We’re divorced.”

Zhou Zhenghuai approached step by step, barely containing the madness in his eyes. His voice, however, was tender to the extreme. “It’s all right, darling. We separated so we could have a better beginning.”

He had fought his way to the pinnacle of power so that one day he could marry the woman he loved again in broad daylight and make up for all the hurt she had suffered.

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Every day, I sink deeper into your false affection, hoping there might be a little genuine feeling mixed in. - Zhou Zhenghuai

Sweet-tongued but cold-hearted woman X pure-hearted, unhinged man