Good Kitty, Bad Dog [Marriage Before Love]

[Wrong Bride] [Marriage First, Love Later] [Male Lead Has Been Plotting for a Long Time]

Pei Qianxia had heard her best friend complain about it since they were kids:

Her best friend had two older brothers. The eldest looked terrifying, with muscles all over, and could scare a child to tears.

The second was as gentle as jade, tall and graceful, and impossibly handsome.

So when Pei Qianxia's family pressured her to marry, and her best friend offered to set her up with her second brother, Pei Qianxia shyly agreed, thinking it would bring their families even closer.

At the cafe outside the Civil Affairs Bureau, Pei Qianxia met the second brother for the first time.

But her best friend's description had been off. He didn't have the warm, gentle air that made people feel like spring had arrived. When he didn't smile, he seemed downright icy.

His thin lips were pursed, his long lashes lowered. Muscles strained beneath his suit, and his broad shoulders filled out his shirt. He was remarkably tall and broad.

Pei Qianxia stared at the double-door refrigerator sitting across from her and swallowed nervously. She was scared stiff.

Unexpectedly, after sitting in silence for a while, the man smiled. He seemed a little shy.

In a stiff, formal manner, he called her "Miss Pei" and apologized, saying he was getting on in years and that it was inappropriate of him to agree to this blind date, that he wasn't good enough for Pei Qianxia, and so on...

After that little string of moves, he did seem to have the gentle quality her friend had described. Pei Qianxia nodded without hesitation.

You're the one.

They impulsively got their marriage license. That evening, when Pei Qianxia returned home, she casually opened the bathroom door and saw beads of steaming water trickling over the man's sharply defined six-pack and V-line.

Broad shoulders, a narrow waist, and below that...

Pei Qianxia thought, What a steal!

But just as she and her new husband were becoming passionately devoted to each other, her best friend delivered shocking news: on the day of the blind date, her second brother had been sick in the hospital. He hadn't gone at all!

Pei Qianxia's pupils trembled as she stared at the man beside her in horror.

*

Ji Jintian had noticed his younger sister's gentle, lovely-looking friend a long time ago.

She was timid, and the slightest loud noise could turn her pale with fright.

His younger sister was always badmouthing him. Ji Jintian wanted to explain, but the moment she caught sight of even a corner of his clothes, she was so scared she burst into tears.

Ji Jintian knew she'd like his second younger brother's personality.

So when he appeared at the cafe, he imitated his brother's expressions and mannerisms, then reached out to her with a gentle, gentlemanly smile.

After they married and grew more familiar with each other, she could occasionally curl up in his arms and quietly tell him how frightened she was of him.

"Honey, your older brother is really scary..."

Xiaxia. Such a lovely name, and she always used such a lovely voice to scold him.

So cute.

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