After Marrying Mr. Shen by Contract

New novel available: The Movie Star Really Fell for Me After Our Contract Marriage - When Qiao Le is eighteen, his father’s investment fails and he jumps to his death. His mother disappears without a trace. To support himself and his younger brother, Qiao Le drops out of school and starts delivering takeout during the day, working at a bar at night, and taking odd jobs through an online platform on his days off. One day, while working a shift at the bar, he drinks something spiked and gets drunk and intimate with Shen Hechuan, a man he’s only met twice. To handle pressure from his family to get married, Shen Hechuan offers Qiao Le ten million yuan to sign a marriage contract. After the contract marriage, Qiao Le happily takes the money and goes back to school, thinking they’ll go their separate ways when the agreement ends. But he never expects that a bowl of “ten-tonic soup” at their engagement banquet will land him and Shen Hechuan in bed together again. Even more unexpectedly, two months later, he discovers he’s pregnant. Qiao Le: “...” System crash. QAQ Couple: an optimistic, cheerful, highly ambitious little-sunshine bottom (Qiao Le) × an emotionally steady, extremely gentlemanly fatherly top (Shen Hechuan) [Content warning: pregnancy] - New novel available: The same marriage-before-love trope, The Movie Star Really Fell for Me After Our Contract Marriage. Blurb: [A cool, beautiful, untouchable bottom (Fang Zhiyu) vs. a sharp-tongued top who becomes obsessed with his wife later on (He Xingzhou)] 1 Fang Zhiyu is known for his cold and ruthless manner, as well as his outstanding abilities at work. His astonishing beauty has also earned him the private nickname “Yu Beauty.” He Xingzhou is a top-tier star and the heir to the He Group. One wants power, the other wants freedom, so they hit it off and sign a marriage contract. Fang Zhiyu will manage all of the He Group’s affairs on He Xingzhou’s behalf. 2 For both of them, this is simply a marriage of convenience. After the wedding, Fang Zhiyu is busy launching projects, expanding into new markets, and doing charity work, while He Xingzhou is busy filming all over the country. They don’t interfere with each other. Until the old master of the He family celebrates his birthday, and the two get drunk and sleep together. Suddenly, things become complicated. Fang Zhiyu looks at the red marks covering his body and remembers how He Xingzhou gripped his chin and forced him to tilt his head back the night before. Furious, he raises a hand. “You bastard.” When the slap lands, He Xingzhou first smells the fragrance of Fang Zhiyu’s body wash, and only then feels the pain on his face. Of course, aside from the pain, it feels kind of good. 3 To Fang Zhiyu, one drunken night together is no big deal. Besides, he and He Xingzhou are legally married, so he sees what happened later, when they got carried away, as nothing more than an adult’s comfort. But He Xingzhou feels differently. He’s had a taste and can’t help paying more and more attention to Fang Zhiyu. The more he watches him, the more he can’t look away. By the time he realizes he’s fallen for Fang Zhiyu, he discovers rivals everywhere: the company’s business partners, Fang Zhiyu’s upperclassman, a blond, blue-eyed foreigner... One after another, they’re all trying to steal his wife away! He Xingzhou can’t sit still. He flies to the place where Fang Zhiyu is on a business trip and corners him, pinning him against the wall in the hotel corridor to kiss him. That night, a photo of the two kissing claims the top spot on Weibo’s trending list. The whole internet is speculating about their relationship. Some say they’re lovers, while others say they’re just hooking up. Theories abound. As the internet descends into chaos, He Xingzhou reposts the scoop and shares a photo of their marriage certificate. He Xingzhou V: It’s legal. [Image]. 4 As they spend more and more time together, their relationship gradually changes, and Fang Zhiyu starts to soften toward him too. He Xingzhou is over the moon, convinced he’s about to win his wife’s heart. He’s even booked a honeymoon hotel. He’s holding Fang Zhiyu close and nuzzling him when, the next second, he’s flipped onto the floor, followed by Fang Zhiyu’s foot planted on his face. He Xingzhou stares blankly. “Why are you mad again when everything was fine?” Fang Zhiyu pulls his foot back and throws a stack of reports at his face. “You bastard, look what you’ve done!” He Xingzhou catches one of the pages and sees the details: eight weeks pregnant, name: Fang Zhiyu. “?” He lets out a startled sound and freezes like a statue. Theme: Keep moving forward bravely, and everything can get better.