Devoted CEO with a fatherly streak x pampered, beautiful young master
Shen Zhizhen is madly in love with his gentle, handsome childhood sweetheart and can't wait for their date tomorrow. But when he wakes up from a sudden sleep, time has leaped forward seven years, and he's already married to his childhood sweetheart!
Shen Zhizhen wanders through the chilly mansion and grabs the housekeeper, asking in confusion, "Where's my husband?"
The housekeeper hesitates. "You said you and Mr. Qin had only married for business, and that after the wedding you'd each do your own thing and stay out of each other's way."
Shen Zhizhen refuses to believe it. After making inquiries and piecing together the truth, he's stunned.
What? Weren't we all over each other just yesterday? How did we break up after only one month of dating?
Qin Hengzhou has been neglected for seven years of marriage. Shen Zhizhen won't kiss him or let him touch him. They live under the same roof day and night, yet barely exchange a few words all year.
One ordinary afternoon, after a grueling meeting, Qin Hengzhou sees the first message ever from Shen Zhizhen pop up at the top of his chat list, like the first footprint in a field of fresh snow.
"Hubby, when are you coming home?"
"I miss you so much qwq I made a whole table of dishes. Can we eat together when you get home?"
Qin Hengzhou's narrow eyes narrow further, filled with cold suspicion.
His first thought: The food is poisoned.
His second thought: It's a farewell feast, a last supper before they split up.
His third thought: Shen Zhizhen must be cheating on him!
He returns home in a cold fury, only to have a beautiful sweetheart leap into his arms, like a huge, sweet strawberry falling right into his embrace.
Shen Zhizhen wraps his arms around his neck and coos, "Hubby! I love you more than anyone!"
Qin Hengzhou's mind goes blank, but his body instinctively reaches out to hold him. Without thinking, he replies, "I love you more than anyone, too."
His warm palm rests against the young man's slender back, stroking it uncertainly.
He falls in love for the second time.
*
Shen Zhizhen is doted on by his childhood sweetheart and gets whatever he wants. He can't understand why he broke up with him in the first place.
But the longer they spend together, the more he realizes something is off.
"Wear this one instead. Pink looks good on you, Zhenzhen. It makes you look like a peach."
Shen Zhizhen is about to cry. Why does Qin Hengzhou even have to control the color of his underwear?
His gentle first love? He doesn't want to spend his whole life with a controlling freak!
Shen Zhizhen quickly bundles up his things and runs off. Halfway there, he starts craving his husband's salted egg yolk chicken wings. Just as he's about to head home, he suddenly can't stop throwing up.
Shen Zhizhen has a flash of inspiration: This must be a message from God telling him that chicken wings are nothing special and he needs to focus on escaping!
News of his departure, along with a pregnancy test, reaches Qin Hengzhou.
Qin Hengzhou races to a border town without stopping.
Faced with his reformed ex, Shen Zhizhen links arms with his new love and declares firmly, "If you keep chasing me, I'll divorce you!"
Seven years later, the pain of being suddenly abandoned back then strikes Qin Hengzhou between the eyes like a bullet. Afraid things will reach a point of no return, he can only let Shen Zhizhen leave.
Shen Zhizhen raises their well-behaved little one on his own, and several years fly by.
On the day of the kindergarten parents' meeting, he nearly arrives late and rushes into the classroom.
The next second, he freezes.
Their little one sits contentedly on a man's lap, his face a copy of Qin Hengzhou's handsome features. Father and son move and gesture exactly alike.
A clear child's voice and a deep man's voice ring out at the same time:
"Mom!"
"Baby."
Theme: A loving family.
