The year Yan Yin quit her job, a twist of fate made her marry someone else.
At the time, she was a junior employee who had had enough of her boss picking on her.
Her new husband was the undisputed head of the Mu family, a man of immense power and status. Rumor had it he was rigid and abstinent, and he was also the uncle of her former fiance.
One day after they married, Yan Yin accidentally walked into a private club's room. The man seated at the head of the table had a noble, striking profile and an aura that kept people at a distance.
In front of everyone, Yan Yin obediently greeted him. "Uncle."
The man beside her shot her a subtle, sidelong glance.
She paused, then corrected herself. "...Husband."
Ignoring everyone's shock, the man calmly took off his watch. The corner of his mouth barely lifted. "My wife is young and a little shy around strangers."
Yan Yin: "...?"
Their marriage had been arranged by their elders. If they were still this unfamiliar with each other, it was clear neither had put much effort into it. They were simply treating each other with polite respect.
Everyone understood. Their personalities and status were worlds apart, so the marriage wouldn't last.
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Before the wedding, Yan Yin knew she had no leverage, so she listed all the worst things about herself.
"I have a bad temper and lots of flaws. When I'm upset, you can't yell at me. You can't embarrass me in public, and you have to stand up for me..."
After listening, Mu Jinchen calmly said only, "We can't get divorced."
Under the table, Yan Yin secretly clenched her fingertips.
"You mean, as long as I don't ask for a divorce, you'll accept anything?"
The man took a leisurely sip of tea. "That's only right."
His young wife was a little mischievous, but that wasn't a bad thing. He could handle it.
Yan Yin knew plenty of people disapproved of their marriage and were waiting for her, the Mu family's wife in name only, to make a fool of herself one day.
Anyway, her husband had plenty of money, little to do, and was rarely home. She had nothing to lose.
Yan Yin thought they would always treat each other with polite respect, but it turned out she was too naive. She couldn't have been more wrong.
Before they married, the man in Yan Yin's eyes was a dull, cold, old-fashioned stick in the mud.
After the wedding, he turned into a jealous older man with a possessive streak and absolutely no sense of restraint!
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At a banquet, Mu Jinchen took his seat as someone reported to him, "She taught a parrot to call you an old man, stuck foxtail grass in an antique celadon vase, and said..."
"What else did she say?"
"She said she was going to throw your... blanket outside and share a bed with the goldfish."
The people around them, all vying to curry favor with him, wore varied expressions. They were stunned that anyone could be so audacious. The man simply let out a quiet, unruffled laugh.
A little while later, Mu Jinchen glanced at a message and stood up.
When a friend asked him about it, his eyes held a deep, amused smile. His words were indulgent to the extreme.
"My little tyrant won't come in unless I go pick her up."
"I made her mad, so now she's throwing a tantrum and waiting for me to come grovel and make it up to her."
Wasn't this marriage supposed to be arranged by their families, with the two of them merely treating each other with polite respect?
...Since when did he become such a henpecked husband?!
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Marriage first, love later / Falling in love over time / Five-year age gap
Fatherly business tycoon x bright, sweet designer
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Theme: Tomorrow will be better
