At Twenty-Four, I'm Engaged to My Archnemesis, Who's Been Secretly in Love With Me for Years

[Proud Peacock Heiress x Scheming, Jealous Young Master] [Marriage Before Love] [Bickering Couple] [Devoted, Possessive Love] [Mutual Secret Crush Between Rivals]

Zhou Cijing was the pampered jewel of the Zhou family in Qingcheng, sharp-tongued and proud, like a peacock that refused to bow its head.

Xiao Xuhuai was Qingcheng's celebrated young master. He was gentle and refined to everyone else, but with her, he was sly, jealous, and always picking a fight.

Everyone thought the two were sworn enemies who couldn't stand each other. No one knew Xiao Xuhuai had secretly loved her for over a decade.

A promise made in their youth came due at Zhou Cijing's twenty-fourth birthday banquet, when the elders announced their engagement in front of everyone.

Her sworn enemy had suddenly become her fiancé.

Zhou Cijing bristled in protest. "I'd rather die than marry Xiao Xuhuai!"

The man's eyes brimmed with triumphant amusement. "Too late. You can't get away."

Forced into marriage, they bickered and traded barbs every day, while jealousy and possessiveness became the norm.

A seemingly gentle senior secretly stirred up trouble, while a playboy childhood friend pursued her best friend.

Their noisy, quarrelsome married life was only just beginning.

It turned out that the marriage everyone thought was an alliance was simply the fulfillment of a wish he had plotted toward for years.