A Stranger's Newlywed

Strangers before marriage | Living together from the start | Cozy everyday life

[Spacey, sweet bunny heroine x refined, fatherly hero]

Su Qiu and Zhou Jingqian get married after their elders set them up.

He comes from a powerful family and, despite his young age, runs a publicly listed corporation.

Before the wedding, they barely know each other.

After moving in together, they begin a long period of learning to live with one another.

Su Qiu is mild-mannered, while Zhou Jingqian is composed and self-controlled. Together, they seem like two cups of lukewarm water, neither salty nor bland, with no spark between them.

Even their friends are certain their marriage won't last six months.

Only Su Qiu knows that the calmer Zhou Jingqian is during the day, the more clingy he gets at night.

In Zhou Jingqian's eyes, Su Qiu is very independent, but a little scatterbrained. She always forgets she has a husband.

The first time she came out wearing a nightdress, he quietly looked away.

After it happened a few more times, Zhou Jingqian realized something was up.

Later, with her skirt spread messily beside his legs, he cradled her flushed face and kissed her inch by inch. "Those other times, were you doing it on purpose too?"

Su Qiu blinked. "No. You just don't make your presence felt enough."

Zhou Jingqian fell silent for two seconds, then clasped her waist and pulled her onto his lap. His warm breath brushed her neck. "What about now?"

Was he making his presence felt enough?

*

One day, Zhou Jingqian walked in and asked, "Were you waiting for me?"

Su Qiu was curled up on the sofa. Hearing him, she lazily raised her arms toward him.

Zhou Jingqian gave a low laugh, walked over, and lifted her up with practiced ease.

Su Qiu nestled against his shoulder, her voice as sweet as honey. "I can't sleep well when you're not here."

Holding his little wife, Zhou Jingqian spoke in a voice that was even lower than his usually calm, steady one. He gently patted her back, his tenderness impossible to put into words. "Don't sleep yet."

"Hmm?"

"We have guests."

At the entrance, the few friends who had followed Zhou Jingqian in stood frozen, their mouths hanging open in shock.

Reading guide:

1. Everyday married life

2. Spacey, optimistic, and affectionate heroine x refined, fatherly hero who isn't as abstinent as he seems

3. Blurb screenshot dated 251106

The story of Jian Yin and He Yan is in the author's other work, Old Love Rekindled by Marriage. If you're interested, please add it to your reading list!

Reunited after a breakup | Marriage contract | Some coercion

[Obscure actress x media company tycoon]

No one knew that childhood friends Jian Yin and He Yan had once been in love.

But before they could announce their relationship, the He family was hit by a crisis.

Jian Yin's mother coldly ordered her to break things off with He Yan immediately and completely.

That night, torrential rain drenched Jian Yin until she was trembling. Standing before He Yan, she dug her nails into her palm, clenched her teeth, and said the cruelest words she could.

He Yan gave her a long look, like a trapped beast taking one last glance, like the brightest fire of youth being stamped into the mud. Then he turned and left, going abroad.

Fortunes change. Three years later, it was the Jian family that went bankrupt, and Jian Yin, the proud heiress, was revealed not to be their biological daughter.

Rumors spread everywhere, saying this was retribution for how she'd treated He Yan as worthless back then.

Jian Yin thought, They were right. It was retribution. She packed up and got out, running as far away as she could.

But she never expected He Yan to come back.

With capital and ambition behind him, he had become a rising star in the media industry, and the new owner of her management company.

She thought he would freeze her out, suppress her, and make her pay back every bit of what she owed him from that night in the rain.

But what he put before her was a marriage certificate.

Jian Yin stepped back, her voice turning pale. "I don't want this."

He Yan closed in, his eyes filled with a coldness she had never seen before. "Jian Yin, you don't get to refuse."

We'll spend the rest of our lives tormenting each other like this.

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Theme: Treat love with sincerity