Silent Wildfire [Marriage Before Love]

[Face-Connoisseur × Handsome Man]

After all her friends one by one walked down the aisle, carefree and accustomed to living on her own terms, Fu Quening found herself wanting to get married for the first time.

When she told her mother, who was overseas enjoying a romantic trip around the world with her new boyfriend, her mother immediately contacted an agency to introduce Fu Quening to a very promising potential match.

The matchmaker was enthusiastic, but when the man across from her heard that she was a single child raised by her mother, a shrewd calculation flashed through his eyes. He then said tactfully, "Supporting your family would be a lot of pressure. I don't think I could handle it. Your dowry would probably need to be pretty substantial."

At that moment, Fu Quening could only think how absurd it was.

Her unhappy family circumstances weren't her fault, but they had become the reason she kept failing at matchmaking.

She stood up to leave, then heard a clear, scornful laugh from the seat beside her, tinged with the same experience.

Lu Sui was sitting right there.

The woman across from him elegantly dabbed at the corner of her mouth and said the most practical things in the politest tone. "Your parents are both gone? Oh... I'm sorry. I mean, you don't have a house or a car, and no family to support you, right? I don't think we're a good match."

He remained calm, simply watching the woman walk away.

Fu Quening grew curious, and when she saw his face, her curiosity turned into an impulse.

She sat down across from him and held out her hand. "Hello, I'm Fu Quening. I'm your matchmaking date. Let's get married."

-

Lu Sui's parents had died when he was young, and he grew up in a foreign country. Having never known the love of parents, he had no idea what love felt like. But his company needed a chairman with a complete family.

He chose without hesitation to return to China and build his career.

When a matchmaking date heard he had neither a house nor a car and chose to leave, Lu Sui felt nothing. That is, until a woman named "Fu Quening" sat down across from him.

She said, "I'm looking for a husband with a simple family situation, no mother-in-law and daughter-in-law drama, and not too much trouble."

And he said, "I'm looking for a wife with a simple family situation and no complicated relationships."

Their goals turned out to be an unexpectedly good match.

"How about," Fu Quening heard herself say, "we give it a try?"

Lu Sui looked at her and nodded. "Okay."

-

Her newlywed husband only showed up once, when they registered their marriage. After that, he vanished without a trace.

Fu Quening also forgot that she was a married woman, and went on living it up day and night.

Until one day, she saw a handsome man in a bar. Her face-connoisseur instincts kicked in, and she went over to flirt with him.

She said, "Handsome, interested in making a deal?"

Lu Sui never expected that this would be how he saw his wife again. Looking at her dead drunk, he swept her up in his arms and, encouraged by Fu Quening's drunken anticipation, got a room.

When she was thoroughly drunk, Fu Quening came to her senses.

She said she was married.

Lu Sui placed the marriage certificate he carried with him in front of her.

Fu Quening thought, so the person she wanted to defile was her legal husband.

Then there was no problem.

Later, Lu Sui asked her, "Fu Quening, could we... try loving each other?"

Their love was like a spark, silently setting the whole wilderness ablaze.

[Reader's Guide]

1. One-on-one romance, scum-free, marriage first and love later, older male lead, everyday romance.

2. Characters: A beauty who loses all sense when faced with a handsome man VS a scheming CEO who weaponizes his good looks.

3. The leads aren't perfect. They're both damaged and starved for love. They each have a very particular way of showing affection, with their own quirks.

4. A down-to-earth romance. Adults who fall in love through physical intimacy, the kind of attraction that starts with pure chemistry.

*Blurb written on 2025.10.6 and screenshot saved.

Theme: Wherever the heart leads, walk there even in plain clothes.