Marriage Before Sunshine

Completed and updating daily. Comments are open, so bookmark the story to leave one. Everyone is welcome to join in. The next story, *Miao Yu Lian Zhu*, is available for pre-registration; its blurb is at the end. If it catches your eye, please bookmark it. Xu Mo had only gone downstairs to enjoy the river breeze. She never expected to run into Qiu Beixuan, a university classmate she hadn’t seen in three years. She was about to pretend she didn’t recognize him, but he called her by name first. With no other choice, she gave him a polite, distant smile. “Hi, Qiu Beixuan. What a coincidence.” Qiu Beixuan stared at her in silence for a long moment before replying, his meaning unclear. “It’s no coincidence.” Xu Mo: ? But even more bewildering than their reunion was Qiu Beixuan’s sudden proposal. As far as Xu Mo was concerned, Qiu Beixuan was handsome, wealthy, and generous. They’d spent a year getting to know each other, so they could say they understood one another. She couldn’t think of a reason to turn him down, so she said yes. Only later did she learn that their sudden marriage wasn’t a desperate move by two people pressured into wedlock. It was the culmination of Qiu Beixuan’s long-laid plans, and the fulfillment of his wish. Of all the countless business trips Qiu Beixuan had made to Rongcheng over the past six years, this was the first time he’d run into Xu Mo. Ever since that rainy night six years ago, when he’d failed to call out to her, the torrential rain had never stopped falling. But Xu Mo still wasn’t married. This time, he wouldn’t let her go. Everything that had happened over the past six years had taught him that his pointless pride and his assumption that he knew what she was thinking had only driven him farther away from her. He’d once thought he could get closer to Xu Mo one step at a time. Only later did he realize that she wouldn’t give someone without an official relationship the chance to develop feelings for her. In that case, they’d marry first and fall in love later. No matter how long the rainy season lasted, the skies would eventually clear. A fluffy, no-brain-needed sweet romance. Enjoy! He Lan Miao has always been the top student at No. 1 High School, and the name right below hers on the report card has always been both unfamiliar and familiar: Zhou Yu. She’s beautiful, he’s handsome, and they’re both top students. They even became classmates in their second year of high school. Just as everyone expected them to have an enviable school romance, the two did no more than greet each other politely, seeming even more distant than ordinary classmates. Everyone couldn’t help thinking that sworn rivals really were sworn rivals. He Lan Miao is the heiress everyone adores. She has plenty of friends, plenty of ex-boyfriends, and more rumored love interests than anyone can count. She’s always busy, sparing only the occasional glance for Zhou Yu, the bookish boy who transferred into her class in their second year, the model student in the eyes of teachers and classmates. Zhou Yu had thought their relationship would always stay that way, with neither interfering in the other’s affairs. He’d remain the farthest away and dimmest of the many stars surrounding her. Until one day, the moon suddenly came rushing toward him. Distance and starlight no longer mattered. Blinded by her radiance, he lost his heart and dreamed of reaching out to catch her. But it was only when he was left battered and bruised that Zhou Yu finally realized the truth: from the moment she’d approached him of her own accord, she hadn’t been the moon at all. She’d been a meteor hurtling toward the earth, and there was no way he could have caught her. When they meet again, He Lan Miao is still the moon hanging high in the sky. But this time, Zhou Yu will do his best to become the brightest star by her side, until she willingly turns all her attention to him. Theme: Be brave enough to make your own choices. 2: [Stubborn, sweet-natured, resilient country girl] VS [Proud, sharp-tongued rich boy who acts like he doesn’t care but always does] Everyone says you shouldn’t meet someone too dazzling when you’re young, or you’ll be miserable for the rest of your life! But what if you’ve already met them? Chu Li says, “Then I should thank him for letting me meet someone so outstanding so early in life. He helped me find my direction. I’ll keep striving and improving, and make the most of my life!” Her friend says, “That’s a little too philosophical.” Chu Li says, “Then I’ll just forget him!” Her friend asks, “Can you really forget him?” Chu Li replies, “What else can I do?” Otherwise, she can be calm when life is easy, at peace when it’s hard, openhearted when she’s troubled, and joyful when she’s happy. In the summer of 2008, twelve-year-old Chu Li caught the eye of Young Master Qi at a glance. She left home to join the Qi family, 800 kilometers away, as a companion to Miss Qi. She was brought into a luxurious world completely unlike her poor rural hometown and her own impoverished circumstances. Chu Li didn’t fit in at all, and her dependence on the family left her anxious and uneasy. All she wanted was to go home. Chu Li knew that Young Master Qi, who could get anything he wanted, sat at the top of the family’s pecking order. Only by winning him over could she gain her freedom. So no matter how much he picked on her or how much he disliked her, she always greeted him with a smile. Six years later, having fulfilled her purpose, she was packing her things to leave when Young Master Qi pinned her against the wall. Bending down, he licked her soft earlobe and murmured, “What’s the matter? Haven’t you been pretending to be a good girl because you wanted to be my child bride? Now that I agree, you want to leave. Have you been playing me all these years?” Chu Li: “...” I didn’t! I’m not! Don’t make things up! When Chu Li first met Young Master Qi, he was the donor funding her scholarship, and she was the recipient. She wore ragged clothes, her face slick with sweat, and the harsh sun had left two bright red patches on her cheeks. He wore a white T-shirt and jeans, looking fresh and cool despite the scorching heat. His extraordinarily handsome face made him look like a boy straight out of a manga. One glance was all it took for Chu Li to know they belonged to two different worlds. She’d never dreamed of entering his, but he went ahead and brought her into it anyway, capturing her heart. If you’re interested, please bookmark the story! Thank you! Theme: Love can transcend class.