Marrying My First Love, Who Just Happens to Be Rich

***Story Highlights***

[Humble background meets wealthy family]

A realistic feel-good story, both leads are virgins, happy ending

To be precise, Jin Danshu had a secret crush.

In college, she and the man who is now her husband were worlds apart. They were two people who would never have crossed paths.

One was a favored son of Heaven: refined and distinguished, the model child everyone else looked up to. On the family tree of the wealthy, he was the most firmly rooted and most beautiful tree.

The other was a poor, quiet, introverted, ordinary girl who seemed destined never to find her own voice.

But Jin Danshu didn't know that, to others, she was exactly what her name suggested. Her name contained the character for beauty, and she lived up to it: a stunning beauty whose quiet presence left people wondering why they couldn't look away. Especially her lips, like glassy pomegranate seeds.

She had secretly loved him for a long time, never daring to cross the line. If she hadn't helped a friend deliver a love letter to someone, Wen Qingli, as untouchable as snow on a mountaintop, would never have caught her in the act, and they would never have crossed paths again.

In the changing room, Wen Qingli appeared behind her. She hadn't noticed him switching places with a player, and he was still wearing his department's basketball uniform. His muscles were white and smooth as marble, his lines beautiful. "...You like him?" His godlike eyes narrowed slightly. That was the first time Jin Danshu had seen Wen Qingli like that. A side of him only she knew.

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Only later did Jin Danshu learn how wicked Wen Qingli could be. He pressed her at every turn, leaving her nowhere to hide, until one day he had her pinned against a wall in some corner of campus.

They got together, they broke up, and things ended without resolution. No one else knew, from beginning to end.

Jin Danshu was the one who fled.

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When they met again, Wen Qingli was still the favored son of Heaven. Jin Danshu's lashes trembled once. She focused on discussing work with him professionally, carefully hiding the bitter memories of the one-sided crush she had kept in her heart for years, and keeping her distance.

But Wen Qingli actually said to her, "Marry me. If you have another man, divorce him." The corner of his mouth lifted.

Her thoughts instantly returned to one humid night in college.

[Sleep with me, Jin Danshu]

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Who could have imagined they would get married?

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Wen Qingli's defense: I liked her for a long time. I've always liked her, and only her. But my wife doesn't know that. She dumped me, and I woke up one morning to find my wife gone. Now I have to deal with what on earth happened, all while keeping a straight face. [Friendly fire, please don't shoot. The male lead is not a scumbag.]

[Reader's Guide]

1. The heroine comes from a terrible family. Her parents play favorites, and her younger siblings are cruel and ungrateful. Her younger sister is not related to her by blood, is obsessed with competing against other women, and has the fake heiress storyline, but this family isn't even rich, which makes it even more bizarre. There's no satisfying payoff, only more reasons to feel disgusted. Needless to say, there is no emotional compensation, and not even a single material reward. Ever since she started school, the heroine has won scholarships and used the money to support her younger siblings.

2. Before she met the male lead, she never lived a single day for herself.

3. Highly intelligent, but like a blank sheet of paper, with no opportunity to put her abilities to use.

4. Later, the heroine will use marriage to climb the social ladder, then build her own career, connections, and wealth.

5. The main story is about marriage; the extras cover the campus crush.

6. The male lead stays true to his CEO character. He's doting in the romance, but more ruthless than anyone outside it. He's cold-blooded toward everyone else, a winner who survives the bloody storms of the wealthy without empathy.

7. *This is an ultra-doting romance.*

8. A realistic-style doting romance. (The story only takes the satisfying parts of realism; all the unpleasant bits have been cut.)

9. Starting from the engagement, the heroine will gradually broaden her horizons and grow as a person.

10. [Engaged from the start. Straight into the satisfying stuff.]

Theme: A second chance to grow