The Xia family is a top-tier wealthy clan in Jiangcheng, with vast riches and an exalted status. Xia Mian is the youngest child, doted on by her two older sisters. She lives a comfortable, easy life and has no need for a marriage alliance.
But after seeing Wen Yiqing's face, Xia Mian, a hopeless beauty enthusiast, changed her mind.
What marriage alliance? They're clearly made for each other!
For the first two years of their marriage, Xia Mian is so captivated by her wife's face that she plays the part of a sweet, virtuous spouse, becoming the picture of marital bliss in the eyes of others.
In the third year, Xia Mian begins to find it all a little dull.
Wen Yiqing has a lot of rules. She's older, and she's old-fashioned and rigid.
You're not allowed to talk while eating, and there's a curfew at night.
Even the pace and positions in bed come with requirements.
No matter how much she loves that face, Xia Mian can't keep pretending.
She decides to run away.
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Wen Yiqing received an elite education from childhood. Accustomed to planning every move and keeping everything under control, she always has a plan for everything.
At 16, she skipped grades and won admission to a top business school abroad. At 21, she earned her doctorate ahead of schedule, took over the company, and became the undisputed third-generation head of the Wen family. At 22, she appeared on the cover of a business magazine, hailed as the youngest star in the business world.
She is powerful and influential, without a single blemish on her record. Her life has gone smoothly at every turn.
According to plan, she married at 25.
Her wife is beautiful and sweet. Though a little young and prone to acting cute, she comes from an equally prestigious family, and they have a satisfying sex life.
In the third year of their marriage, Wen Yiqing follows the wishes of her elders and wants to have a child with her wife.
After a tender moment, before she can even bring it up,
her young wife hands her divorce papers.
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A perfect marriage has gone off course.
There are two options: correct it,
or let it go.
When it comes to her wife, Wen Yiqing makes an exception and shows a little more patience, deciding to tolerate her childish outbursts and stubbornness.
But Xia Mian is determined.
She even moves out of their marital home.
When the trouble outweighs the benefits, Wen Yiqing agrees to the divorce.
She doesn't take it to heart, either.
It was only a marriage alliance. She can find someone else.
One day,
after concluding a business deal, her gaze drifts toward the window.
Her young wife, smiling brightly and dressed completely differently from usual, walks into a hotel with a beautiful stranger.
Wen Yiqing's gaze sharpens.
Reader's Note:
1. Sweet romance, happy ending, no love rival.
2. Cover artwork: Beyond the Four Seasons
3. May include technology-assisted pregnancy.
Theme: Work hard at life, and keep striving every day!