*The main story is complete! Bonus chapters are being updated~
[Cool, prickly surgeon × Scheming, devoted heir to a prominent family]
Lu Lingyou goes clubbing with her friends. A male model at a booth keeps staring at her, so she throws him a flirty look.
Unfortunately, she doesn’t manage to land him~
The next day, she accompanies a coworker on a blind date. The other person brings a friend too, and the four of them hit it off as they chat.
Halfway through, Lu Lingyou goes to the restroom and runs into the male model who had been watching her at the club.
Now that she can see him clearly in daylight, she notices his chiseled features and charming eyes. His black shirt and trousers accentuate his broad shoulders and long legs, and every movement exudes an innate air of nobility.
No wonder he hadn’t responded to her flirtatious look.
Wait, this male model looks familiar. Lu Lingyou jolts in alarm. He’s her husband, whom she married for a family alliance three years ago and hasn’t seen since.
She turns and runs. Fortunately, Jiang Hebai doesn’t recognize her either.
*
The three-year term is up, and Lu Lingyou has prepared the divorce papers. She’s still wondering how to contact Jiang Hebai.
When she opens her eyes the next morning, Jiang Hebai is standing beside her bed, holding the divorce papers she printed.
Lu Lingyou exclaims happily, “You remembered the date for the divorce too?”
Jiang Hebai hooks a finger around the calendar on her bedside table.
She’s crossed off every day that’s passed this month. Today’s date bears a cracked “heart,” perfectly matching her stated reason for divorce: irreconcilable differences.
Lu Lingyou notices it too and flushes with embarrassment. “I asked a lawyer. A divorce needs a legitimate reason, and legally speaking, there’s no such thing as a fake marriage.”
Jiang Hebai parts his thin lips. “Well said. Did you ask a lawyer whether going on a blind date while married counts as cheating?”
So he had recognized her after all.
They might not be close, but they weren’t strangers either. Lu Lingyou quietly defends herself. “I was just accompanying my coworker on a blind date.”
Jiang Hebai leans over and stares at her, his gaze direct and unembellished. “Besides flirting with everyone at the club, what else have you done while I was away?”
Lu Lingyou is shocked. “We were only pretending to be married.”
Jiang Hebai throws her own words back at her verbatim. “Legally speaking, there’s no such thing as a fake marriage.”
[Both have only ever been with each other + Marriage first, love later + Unconventional childhood sweethearts]
Theme: Love is a beacon in the dark
The heroine is too miserable and frustrated.