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The Qin family of Jiangbei is a celebrated family of scholars, renowned far and wide.
Unfortunately, the Qin men are all frail, and none of them lives past forty. As Old Master Qin lay dying, he arranged an engagement for his only son.
The bride-to-be was the daughter of a comrade he had met while serving in an arts troupe. A grassland man, he was said to have a daughter who had ridden big horses and drunk strong liquor since childhood.
They needed what they lacked.
And so the engagement was settled.
Xia Chunyin flew from the vast grasslands to Jiangbei for school. The first time she met Qin Yi, she was so frightened she burst into tears.
The frail, sickly, bookish, refined and elegant Jiangbei fiancé her father had described had a cigarette between his lips and was leaning lazily against a flashy sports car. He stood six foot two, with a powerful build that looked like it could knock her dead with one punch.
His narrow, phoenix-shaped eyes were aloof and defiant as he silently looked her over.
Qin Yi couldn't fucking understand it. Weren't they supposed to have said she'd grown up riding big horses and drinking strong liquor? How come her skin turned red at the slightest touch, and she cried as soon as he looked at her?
Fuck, this was no fun at all.
His tone was harsh. "I have zero interest in this bullshit arranged marriage, and don't you get any ideas about me either."
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Two years later, rumors about famous model Xia Chunyin were everywhere.
An award-winning actor today, a top singer tomorrow.
The paparazzi, desperate to meet their quotas, staked out below Xia Chunyin's home every day, hoping to dig up a big scoop.
Until one dark and stormy night, a mysterious man grabbed her by the waist and pulled her firmly into his arms.
"When the hell are you going to start having feelings for me? I go crazy thinking about you every night."
[Hot-tempered demon king * sweet, soft young woman]
Each other's first love
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/Chasing-the-wife-back arc/White moonlight/You think I'm the substitute, but you're actually the substitute/SC/Marriage first, love later
Cen Yuan got together with Shang Teng in her second year of college.
He promised he could give her anything she wanted,
as long as she didn't fall for him.
A high-and-mighty business tycoon, Shang Teng married Cen Yuan, then a student, to escape an arranged marriage.
Everyone said the aloof, elegant eldest son of the Shang family already had someone in his heart.
Cen Yuan was nothing but a substitute.
During their three years of marriage, Cen Yuan endured everyone's ridicule.
They said she'd become a stepmother as soon as she married him, raising someone else's child.
Her husband didn't love her, and had married her only to use her.
Cen Yuan understood all of that.
Shang Teng had married her because she was obedient and easy to control.
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Later, Shang Teng happened to find a photograph in Cen Yuan's drawer.
She was smiling brightly, leaning against the shoulder of the man beside her.
That man looked remarkably like Shang Teng, even down to the brown beauty mark beneath the corner of his eye.
Shang Teng finally understood why she was always staring into space when she looked at him.
Furious at being made someone's substitute, Shang Teng had the beauty mark removed.
Cen Yuan looked at him and shook her head in disappointment. "You don't look like him anymore."
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For a while, the scandal surrounding the Shang family spread throughout the upper circles of Peicheng.
They said the calculating, strategically brilliant Shang Teng had gone mad.
He'd stopped caring about the company and spent all day pestering his ex-wife to marry him again.
Theme: Everyone we meet along the way helps us become better versions of ourselves.
Fu Chenye makes me feel sad just like Ji Cheng
It's really hard for Fu Chenye to force HE. He can only wait for time for him to slowly let go, or he suddenly finds himself stepping out at a certain moment. He did a good job and did not delay Chen Yan or give her hope. He has really been crawling around in the dark for too long. I hope everything will be fine for him in the future.
Fu Chenye is a very gentle person, someone worthy of making me cry. On the one hand, I hope he can let go of his little peach and gain another piece of happiness, but on the other hand, I think it's impossible. Because he really likes, likes, loves Xiao Taozi so much, just like what the article said: it is an instinct engraved in his bones. He would still have the gentlest smile for Little Taozi, and he would still look at the poorly painted walls over and over again for her, and he never seemed to let go. I don't like to see a second couple appearing in an article, but because Fu Chenye had the idea of "why he didn't belong, why he was still lonely", I thought Chen Yan was with her. But I think this idea is really unrealistic. In today's society, they are out of place. On the one hand, they have the obstruction of their family and their lack of reality. I selfishly don't want the gentle Fu Chenye to fall into another period of low self-esteem. On the other hand, in my opinion, Fu Chenye does treat Chen Yan differently from other girls, but that's just because she is a very good person like Xiao Taozi, and kind people deserve to be treated gently. Like Chen Yan, I thought at a certain moment that Fu Chenye was indeed doting on her, but the reality is: he never came out. We are in the corner of a well, and our hearts are bright. The appearance of Xiao Taozi is the rising sun in Fu Chenye's confused life. 17 Years old is indeed a beautiful age, and Fu Chenye's regret also happened at that unforgettable 17 years old. I'm still thinking: Did Fu Chenye's last words to Chen Yan about Xiao Taozi's half-and-a-half pair contain a trace of his true thoughts?
Why do I feel like I want the second male lead to take the lead when I see the extra?
Fu Chenye's life is really miserable. The good time with Taozi is the best memory of his life. It's sad that he didn't see him get to know others again in the ending, but it seems like that's what he should be like because he has always loved Xiao Taozi from the beginning to the end. He can't let go, so he has been single all the time. It makes me cry.
I really can't resist the handsome and gentle male lead.
Will Fu Chenye publish a separate book?
Wild... My wild...
But he really, really likes, likes, likes her so much. My heart really hurts. Ye, I'm so sad. Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
It's so uncomfortable. Fu Chenye will probably accept Chen Yan in the end.