On the day the Federal Marriage Administration announced the first batch of marriage matches, Tong Xinran's name appeared alongside that of Qin Yuchen, a top-tier alpha.
Tong Xinran was dragged through the trending topics and cursed for three days, but he didn't care in the slightest.
No one knew that when he received the match notification, he stared at the name Qin Yuchen, his fingers trembling.
The odds were one in ten thousand. He'd won the bet.
The person he'd had a secret crush on for seven whole years, someone he only dared approach in his dreams, had really become his lawful spouse.
On the day they registered their marriage, Qin Yuchen left on a mission not long after signing the papers. He was gone for more than half a year.
The one-year trial marriage period was almost over. Tong Xinran worked up the courage to ask for a chance to stay by Qin Yuchen's side.
Before Qin Yuchen could send a message rejecting him, news came that he'd been in a car accident.
In the hospital corridor, Tong Xinran pushed open the ward door.
The person on the hospital bed looked up. His eyes held none of their usual cold sharpness, only confusion and unease.
He asked, "They said I'm married. Are you my wife?"
After losing his memory, Qin Yuchen seemed like a different person and became exceptionally clingy.
"Wifey, hug me."
"Wifey, snuggle with me."
"Wifey... why can't I smell your pheromones?"
Tong Xinran's breath caught.
He lowered his eyes, his fingertips curling slightly.
The time he'd stolen as a beta had reached its expiration date.
He should have known. How could someone as exceptional as Qin Yuchen ever fall for a beta like him?
After submitting an application to end their marriage match through the System, Tong Xinran decided to fade out of Qin Yuchen's life.
Meanwhile, Qin Yuchen, his memories restored, stared at the empty house, his eyes dark.
His expression unreadable, he silently made a call. "Gather everyone and head to the border immediately. Move!"
Qin Yuchen thought the marriage-matching system created by the Marriage Administration was far too haphazard. Could feelings really be forcibly matched?
It was only marriage, after all. They could just get married. Besides, his match was a beta without pheromones, which saved him a lot of trouble.
The feelings Tong Xinran had shown him while he was suffering from amnesia hadn't seemed fake.
But... he'd clearly recovered his memories, so why had Tong Xinran still run away?
And to such a dangerous place!
What do you do when your wife runs away? I chase him!
What do you do when your wife is in danger? I save him!
What do you do when your wife wants to end the marriage match? I renew it permanently!
Reader's Note
Alpha Qin Yuchen x Beta Tong Xinran
A seemingly cold and distant but actually devoted, loyal-dog top x a seemingly insecure and fragile but actually resilient, perceptive, gentle bottom
Happy ending, marriage first and love later, secret crush comes true
Theme: A secret crush comes true
