Strangers Before Marriage, Kissing Till Tears After: Take It Easy on Our Wedding Night

Older man gives in / Marriage first, love later / Both Pure / Sweet Romance

Also known as: I Can't Live Without My Wife

Song Zhilu had only one requirement for his future wife:

They would stay out of each other's way and treat each other with mutual respect.

"Don't be around me while I'm working. I like peace and quiet."

"Don't cling to me for no reason. I'm busy."

"It would be best not to make our marriage public. I hate explaining things."

After the wedding.

Xue Zhu was working in the bedroom with her laptop when Song Zhilu walked in. "The study is too noisy. I'll work in here."

Xue Zhu obediently nodded and prepared to make room.

Song Zhilu suddenly grabbed her wrist. "Do you dislike having me around that much?"

Xue Zhu: Huh?

Song Zhilu was discussing business over drinks. The other executives' phones kept ringing, one after another, as their wives spoke in gentle Wu dialects and ordered them home.

He tapped the table with his knuckles and looked at his phone screen.

You ungrateful little thing.

Xue Zhu sneezed.

When the two went out to eat, they ran into one of Xue Zhu's college classmates. Xue Zhu introduced him: "This is my friend, Song Zhilu."

Song Zhilu took her wrist, cool and dignified. "Her husband."

Her husband, her spouse, the man at her feet.

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When Xue Zhu sprained her ankle, he bent down and carried her on his back.

When Xue Zhu was bullied, he stamped the offender underfoot.

When their marriage contract expired, she was still going to leave.

He knelt before her. "Don't go. I'm begging you."

-

Xue Zhu was sent by her parents to live with the Gu family. She grew up alongside Gu Ran, always trailing after him like a little shadow he could never shake.

When their families arranged a marriage, she happily agreed.

Gu Ran narrowed his eyes. "Xue Zhu, I will never marry you."

Later, Gu Ran decided it wouldn't be so bad to marry Xue Zhu.

But all he got was news that she had married into one of the capital's most powerful families.