Marriage first, love later | Five-year age gap | Complete strangers
Sharp-tongued, soft-hearted, cool beauty vs. gentle, understanding, protective older man
In everyone's eyes, Xu Wu is a woman who knows how to put on a facade and get what she wants better than anyone.
Just like her name, she is impossible to see through or pin down.
They even believe that her marriage to Wen Shixu must have been the result of her elaborate scheming.
The Wen family heir is rumored to be ruthless and cunning.
A friend once warned Xu Wu not to be fooled by his seemingly courteous, mild-mannered exterior.
She had just smiled and brushed it off, unconcerned. She had never planned to fall for him, after all, so none of that mattered.
Before the wedding, Xu Wu gave Wen Shixu fair warning.
She sat with her eyes lowered, her manner less than polite.
“Everyone says I'm a bad woman. Aren't you afraid, Mr. Wen?”
His long, slender fingers stroked the rim of his cup. He looked completely in control as he replied with just two words.
“Not afraid.”
Looking back on it later, she realized she had only been bluffing.
After the wedding, Xu Wu was the one who was often away from home.
Wen Shixu was always the one waiting on the sofa.
When she was put on the spot at a family gathering, he stood up for her. Perhaps that was where his feelings began to change.
Xu Wu remained oblivious.
She thought it was just putting on a show for appearances. After all, seeing her bullied would reflect badly on Wen Shixu too.
As the days went by, it seemed impossible not to develop feelings.
By the time Xu Wu realized what was happening, she could no longer walk away.
But fate had other plans. She discovered that those people intended to use her against Wen Shixu.
Of course. Someone like her could never find happiness so easily.
“Divorce?”
“Yes.”
Xu Wu was best at deceiving everyone. She could even deceive herself.
She told herself she didn't love him.
In the end, it was still because of her. The business deal he lost because of her had exposed Wen Shixu's reservations about her to everyone.
Let her make it right.
Wen Shixu, marrying you was more than I deserved.
So I can't keep making you lose so much because of me.
Once we're divorced, you won't have a weakness anymore.
Wen Shixu knew that Xu Wu was tangled up in doubts and unease.
He had always thought that as long as he treated her well, one day she would let down her guard.
Until the day Xu Wu told him she wanted them to separate.
This woman really was heartless. Even when she ended things, she was so cold and decisive.
That night, Wen Shixu lost control for the first time. He gripped Xu Wu's wrist and pinned her against the wall, his movements a little rough. A strange red glimmer lingered at the corner of his eyes.
“Xu Wu, is it impossible to make you stay?”
A marriage between complete strangers that turns into love, a sweet, slow-burn story. Come on in without worry!!!!
Theme: The little matter of loving you
