Marriage first, love later + slow-burn romance + light, sweet slice of life
Bright and resilient heroine x quiet, fatherly male lead / seven-year age gap / both are sexually inexperienced
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The year Ling Mo graduated, she agreed to marry her best friend's older brother to avoid the blind dates her adoptive parents had arranged for her.
As it happened, Pei Yici was also dealing with his family's pressure to get married.
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Pei Yici, her husband-to-be, was famous for being cold, taciturn, and emotionally detached.
Everyone around them could see that their marriage was only to appease their families, that they had no feelings for each other and wouldn't last. They were waiting to see her make a fool of herself.
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On the day they registered their marriage, Pei Yici flew abroad.
Ling Mo was secretly delighted. That suited her just fine.
Pei Yici was pleased with her too: obedient, smart, and not looking for love.
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A year later, Pei Yici returned home. As they spent time together,
he drove a thousand miles through a heavy snowstorm to care for his wife out of a sense of duty,
while she took a late-night international flight to celebrate his birthday out of sympathy.
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The prenuptial agreement was in black and white.
He broke its terms again and again,
while she remained levelheaded and stuck to the agreement.
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Until one day,
Pei Yici choked out, “Ling Mo, do you love me? Ling Mo, you have no heart.”
Ling Mo asked in confusion, “Pei Yici, do you remember what our prenuptial agreement said?”
Pei Yici: “?”
