Second chances | Marriage first, love later | Five-year age gap
Old-money Chinese heiress * distinguished young master from a Hong Kong-Macau family | Bright and coquettish * composed and refined
Tan Shiyu, the youngest daughter of the Tan family in the capital, uses her beauty to get her way and is spoiled beyond measure. Known as the capital's number one wastrel princess, she still has countless young masters falling over themselves to become her devoted admirers.
Word has it that the young master of the Yu family was heartlessly dumped by her and is now threatening to kill himself. His parents have no choice but to personally visit the Tan family, boldly seeking a marriage alliance for their son.
The Tan family has always been beyond the reach of ordinary people. Now that the Yu family has opened the door to a proposal, all the other prominent families are swarming in, none willing to let another claim this advantage.
The usually peaceful Tan residence has lately been in an uproar. Tan Shiyu is preparing to flee abroad for some peace and quiet when the Liang family of Ao City, thousands of miles away, suddenly sends someone to revive an old betrothal arranged when the couple were children.
Tan Shiyu looks at the name on the marriage contract and sneers.
Liang Yanqing, the stiff, boring old man who meddles in everything, whom she dumped eight hundred years ago.
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That Tan Shiyu would agree to the marriage so readily is entirely beyond Liang Yanqing's expectations.
Before the wedding, the sweet young woman draws up a thick agreement for him to sign.
He is about to study it carefully when he realizes that it has nothing to do with property or personal obligations. Hundreds of densely packed pages contain only four words:
YOU! ARE! NOT! TO! CONTROL! ME!
Under Tan Shiyu's half-threatening gaze, he gives a faint smile and calmly signs his name.
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Before the wedding, Tan Shiyu confidently boasts to her fake friends that she will remain free and do as she pleases. No one can control her, not even her husband.
Her fake friends don't believe her. One day after the wedding, they invite eighteen sweet-faced college boys and charter a plane, asking her to join them on a trip to Tokyo.
Tan Shiyu arrives at the terminal right on time, full of confidence. But the next second, the man, away on a business trip in Europe, calls and gently tells her to come home.
“Cencen, be good.”
Under her fake friends' teasing stares, Tan Shiyu huffs defiantly. “We agreed you wouldn't control me. I can go wherever I want.”
“I'll be home tonight,” Liang Yanqing says, his voice still gentle and warm. “I've restocked all the nightgowns in your wardrobe. Do you want to change into a few more for me?”
Tan Shiyu's ears turn bright red. That bastard hasn't changed one bit!
[Bonus Scene]
One day after the wedding, Tan Shiyu comes across a video of her first-birthday grab-bag ceremony.
As everyone watches expectantly, her chubby little hand grabs a jeweled crown, while the other takes hold of Brother Yanqing's hand.
·Reader's Guide
1. Both are each other's first love and have only ever been with each other. The male lead is virtuous. The female lead has plenty of admirers, but they only carry bags and fetch shoes for the young lady. Nothing physical happens.
2. A very sweet romance! Memories of events before their breakup are interspersed throughout. The story opens with the female lead at 24 and the male lead at 29.
3. They're both incredibly wealthy. No bankruptcy or melodrama. The female lead is probably richer, since the male lead spends all his money on her~
4. No real-life inspirations!!!! Please don't mention anything from the real world.
[Blurb written on 2025.9.14 and archived]
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