Playing at Marriage

A dazzling, flirtatious young actress x a refined scoundrel and powerful heir | Drama queen x shameless flirt | Yellow card versus yellow card

1

On the day of her blind date, Xiang Jinxi had the incredible luck to run into the man she’d secretly loved for ten years, whom she hadn’t seen in all that time.

To get rid of her awful date, she grabbed her old flame’s arm. “He’s my ex-boyfriend. He’s jealous and has a bad temper. I need to go calm him down first.”

He Xun immediately played along. “That’s right, I have a bad temper. I can’t stand seeing her talk to other people. Please make another arrangement for another day, and choose the right time. Otherwise, I might lose control.”

Xiang Jinxi decided that this man’s mental state made him the perfect partner for her.

That night, she sent him a friend request.

[Fourth Young Master, want to get married?]

He Xun accepted.

2

In their thirties, they signed an agreement and married in a flash. She used the marriage alliance to gain her freedom; he married to placate his elders. They wouldn’t interfere in each other’s lives, and each would get what they wanted.

Xiang Jinxi thought it was nothing more than a pure contest in acting.

So, in front of their elders:

“Honey, I want shrimp.”

“Honey, my legs are so sore.”

“Honey, I’m running out of money~”

Little by little, she figured out how to use her contract husband.

In front of the media, he was a lovesick tycoon who spared no expense to make her smile, and she was a spoiled winner who could get away with anything.

They played their parts to perfection, worked together seamlessly, and became the entertainment industry’s model couple.

Xiang Jinxi was very satisfied: her partner wasn’t clingy, was generous with money, and was great in bed.

One day, her best friend asked, “So, are you and your husband for real or not?”

Xiang Jinxi waved a hand. “Apart from in bed, it’s all fake.”

She didn’t know that He Xun was standing right behind her.

The man casually toyed with the ring box in his hand.

Fake? Then what was that mistress he’d just torn to shreds?

3

At first, He Xun didn’t take their marriage seriously.

After all, when you’re married to an actress, even a sham can be acted into something real. If she wanted to play, he’d play along.

Then one day, a rival struck a suggestive pose for a photo and sent it to He Xun.

He tore it to pieces on the spot, keeping the half that showed Xiang Jinxi.

He said coolly, “If you want to be a homewrecker, at least make sure my wife would want you.”

“Try crossing the line again, and I’ll blow up your company.”

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Flirts, then forgets x falls for her all on his own

Untamed, flirtatious drama queen beauty x brooding husband who falls hard at the first hook

A story about two people who are “half familiar, half strangers,” and perfectly ordinary

Both each other’s first love | Lighthearted | Occasional romantic rivalry

Content notes:

They don’t marry at the beginning. This isn’t an entertainment-industry novel; it’s fundamentally about the acting profession. The characters aren’t based on real people.

The characters aren’t perfect.

Important content warning:

The heroine is career-minded, and her work inevitably involves physical contact with male colleagues. Readers who prefer a chaste heroine, please be cautious (I’m begging you).

The author revises like crazy, so pirated versions may differ considerably. Thank you, dear readers, for supporting the official version.

A preview of the next novel for your enjoyment:

Zhu Zheng, who has mild face blindness, fell in love at first sight with a man at the age of twenty-two.

Unfortunately, the man was her sister’s new boyfriend, who had come to pick her up at the airport.

Her future brother-in-law.

A week later, Zhu Zheng spotted her “brother-in-law” on the street, pressing his face intimately against a sophisticated beauty’s.

Without a word, she rushed over and slapped the scumbag hard.

“If I see you again, I’ll slap you again!”

That night, the scumbag even dared to show up at a gathering her sister had organized.

Zhu Zheng was ready to expose him when her sister linked arms with an unfamiliar man. “Zhengzheng, this is my boyfriend.”

Zhu Zheng turned around in shock and met the “scumbag’s” amused gaze from the corner.

At twenty-seven, designer Wen Du had a teasing look in his eyes and a laid-back tone.

“Want to slap me here too, Miss Slap?”

Theme: Embrace yourself