*Marriage first, love later / rekindled romance / bittersweet sweetness
When Yun Xi was twenty-four, her old middle school deskmate, Tang Zhengjun, suddenly showed up and asked her to marry him.
The marriage would last one year. Once the year was up, Tang Zhengjun would give her a sum of money as thanks and compensation.
Yun Xi agreed as if bewitched.
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Tang Zhengjun is now a famous CEO. So much time has passed that they may as well be strangers.
Their marriage is quiet and distant, and Tang Zhengjun is rarely home.
After spending more than six months alone in an empty house, Yun Xi can't stand it anymore and goes to a party.
She drinks quite a bit, and through her hazy consciousness, Tang Zhengjun's icy face suddenly appears before her.
Tang Zhengjun holds her tightly in his arms, his warm breath at her ear. "Are you trying to back out again?"
"Whatever happens, you're my legal wife now."
"I won't agree to a divorce."
What is she babbling about?
All Yun Xi can focus on are those rosy lips opening and closing.
After all these years, she still wants to kiss her.
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On a cicada-filled summer when she was sixteen, Yun Xi thought of Tang Zhengjun as her best deskmate and friend.
But...
When she touches her, her heart pounds. When they meet eyes, she blushes.
Is she sick?
Yun Xi doesn't admit the answer until eight years later, the day they get their marriage license.
*Bright and timid x cool and steadfast
Theme: Your deskmate is your wife, after all.
