After the Substitute Marriage, the Capital's Crown Prince Wants Only a Title

[Marriage First, Love Later + Sweet Romance in a Wealthy Family + Substitute Bride + Protective Hero]

Jiang Li married into the He family in her older sister's place. All she wanted was to secure her mother's medical expenses and make it through her internship until she became a full-time employee.

Her new husband was He Chenzhou, infamous in Beijing's elite circles for being hard to approach. He missed the wedding banquet, then slept in the guest room when he came back. She thought all she had to do was behave herself in this marriage.

But when it was time to visit her family, he skipped a dinner engagement to come and shield her from every taunt her family threw at her. When her period stained his trousers, he changed the sheets, bought her sanitary pads, and warmed her cold feet in the middle of the night.

Jiang Li didn't dare read too much into it. She chalked it all up to a husband's duty.

Until she went out of town to restore a painting, and he came after her overnight with their dog, staying with her for the next half-month as well.

She was afraid her colleagues would gossip, so she kept her identity as Mrs. He a secret. He deliberately came in person to deliver paper patterns, then kissed her in front of the people who had their eyes on her.

Jiang Li pinched his arm. "You did that on purpose."

"Mm."

She wanted to keep this substitute marriage quiet and uneventful, but he was becoming less and less willing to remain a husband hidden from everyone.