I Married a Sickly Beauty First, Then Fell in Love

Fraill artist older sister and perceptive screenwriter younger sister

[Blurb]

What's it like to be handed off in marriage to a frail fiancee right after graduation?

On the day she graduated, Huai Ning received two messages:

Her family was on the verge of bankruptcy, and investors had pulled out of the script she'd just finished.

To save the company from a cash-flow crisis, her family had also arranged a marriage for her.

Huai Ning had never even seen the other woman's face. She'd heard she was a gifted young painter from an artistic family, but unfortunately, she was as frail as a willow in the wind.

The moment Huai Ning stepped into the private dining room, a cool, subtle fragrance greeted her.

Behind a folding screen sat a beautiful woman with an exceptionally refined air.

Dark hair, pale lips, a simple white shirt, and an impeccable, composed bearing.

Her skin was so pale it was almost translucent, with the sickly pallor of someone who rarely saw the sun. When she lowered her lashes, she looked delicate and pitiful.

Huai Ning rarely saw such a beautiful woman. She couldn't help repeating her fiancee's name in her mind: Sheng Ciyu.

She thought the name should have been Porcelain Jade.

Delicate, expensive, cool porcelain and jade, as if she might shatter at the slightest touch.

Sheng Ciyu spoke politely but plainly:

"I'm sorry. My health is poor, and I can't get too emotional. If we have to fulfill our duties as wives, I may not be able to satisfy you."

Huai Ning believed her.

She breathed a sigh of relief and waved a hand. "It's fine. We don't have to do any of that."

She thought, the less satisfying, the better.

How could two people with no feelings for each other possibly do something like that?

But after they married, Huai Ning discovered that beautiful women's words were the least trustworthy.

Especially when it came to a frail wife who looked like she might faint in bed at any moment. Huai Ning hardly dared to resist.

"Xiao Ning, don't pull away. I can't keep my balance..."

"Sheng Ciyu! Didn't you say you had no strength? How can you still keep going?"

Once again, she woke up when the sun was already high in the sky.

Huai Ning gritted her teeth to herself. Which one of us is the one who can't satisfy the other?!

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[Reading Guide]

1. A sweet, everyday story about a marriage before love. The frail older heroine is the pursuer.

2. Both are each other's first love. Their age gap is ten years.

3. No long-standing scheme. Strangers become a sweet married couple.

4. Sheng is the family name Sheng, the same as the Sheng family in these stories, available in my author profile:

"One Night with a Flirtatious, Wicked Woman" and "I Fell in Love with a Skin-Hungry Actress After Our Arranged Marriage."

5. I'm not an expert in the relevant fields. Please point out any oversights or mistakes.

Theme: Two hearts drawn to each other.