Mean, So What?

[Sharp-tongued, straightforward heiress to a conglomerate × gentle, capable cultural studies researcher]

Everyone in S City knew two things:

First, the Qin and Yan families had arranged a marriage five years ago, but the day before the wedding, the eldest daughter of the Qin family ran away. The date of her overseas PhD orientation had clashed with the wedding.

Second, five years later, she came back.

Qin Xichi felt that her luck wasn't great.

On her first day back in the country, she ran into someone the moment she left the airport.

The man was absurdly handsome.

She raised an eyebrow. "Hey, handsome. Who are you?"

He smiled gently. "Your husband."

Qin Xichi rolled her eyes and walked away without looking back.

Three days later, at a chamber of commerce banquet,

Qin Xichi held a glass of wine and came face to face with that gentle-looking man again.

This time, he held out his hand, a faint smile in his eyes. "Miss Qin, allow me to introduce myself properly. My name is Yan Mo'an, and I'm your... arranged marriage partner."

Qin Xichi's smile froze.

Yan Mo'an.

The second young master of the Yan family, the man she'd fled from five years ago.

...So he really was her husband.

The Qin family had a rule: if you wanted to fight for the family fortune, you had to get married first.

Later, Qin Xichi went to him of her own accord, doing her best to sound strictly businesslike. "Let's get married under an agreement and go through with the arrangement. I'll compensate you after the divorce. What do you say?"

He nodded, accepting without hesitation. "It would be my honor."

But...

Why was their marriage of convenience getting stranger and stranger?

How had she... fallen for him for real?

Notes:

1. Both leads are each other's one and only.

2. HE.

3. The female lead is strong. The male lead is no pushover, but he's not as strong as she is.

4. The female lead doesn't mean any harm, but she really can be mean when she's roasting people. She speaks plainly to people and uses ghostly language with ghosts. Read with caution if that bothers you.

5. The characters aren't perfect, so please go easy on them.

Theme: Study hard and keep improving every day.