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[Married first, fall in love later | gentle and quiet x handsome, roguish playboy | dessert shop owner x heir to a conglomerate]
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Zhuang Yunqing reaches the age to marry, and the family of her fiance, who had been betrothed to her as a child years ago, honors their promise and welcomes her into their home.
Her fiance, Zhao Dongqi, is a wealthy young man with broad shoulders, a slim waist, and a handsome, tall build. His flamboyant, untamable nature makes him even more eye-catching.
Her friends envy Zhuang Yunqing for her good fortune in finding such a match.
They have no idea that Zhao Dongqi is in love with someone else and is marrying her only because he's been forced to.
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Zhao Dongqi is famous in the rich-kid crowd for loving to have fun. Scuba diving, skydiving, racing, rock climbing: he can handle every extreme sport, as if there's nothing in this world he can't tame.
Until one day, his parents put a marriage contract in front of him.
Zhao Dongqi has never even considered getting married and having children. Faced with his parents' insistence, he swears he'd rather die than comply, even when they're ready to discipline him according to the family rules.
Everyone thinks the marriage will be called off.
But before long, Zhuang Yunqing is standing beside Zhao Dongqi in public.
Sometimes Zhao Dongqi doesn't come home at night; sometimes he comes back dead drunk. Zhuang Yunqing knows he's deliberately avoiding her.
One day, she gets off work early and blocks Zhao Dongqi as he's about to go out.
"Can we talk?"
He asks back nonchalantly, "About what?"
Zhuang Yunqing: "Our interests, our plans, your... unattainable first love?"
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Zhao Dongqi is the only son in the family, and the burdens of carrying on the family line and inheriting the family fortune all rest on his shoulders.
When his parents find out that he and Zhuang Yunqing are still sleeping in separate rooms several months into their marriage, they insist on moving them back to the family home, leaving them no room to refuse.
Three meals a day, medicinal soups and tonics: the two of them are practically burning up from all the supplements.
In the end, Zhuang Yunqing can't take the pressure anymore and works up the courage to wrap her arms around Zhao Dongqi's waist.
"How about we just get it over with? Ten minutes. It won't be too exhausting."
Zhao Dongqi: "Who do you think you're looking down on?"
Reader's notes:
1. Both are virgins. Happy ending.
2. Pregnancy and the birth of a daughter will be included.
3. The chapter outline is 38,000 words. The main text is being drafted.
4. Screenshot taken on August 22, 2026.
Cover background image credit: Zerogw4
Theme: Make the most of the present
