A Cat and a Dog

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Today, We Still Haven't Divorced

(They marry first, fall in love later. The leads are complete strangers.)

On the day she married Yi Qingcheng, Chu Xihe had even thought of what she wanted on her tombstone.

He was not someone to mess with, the coldest, sharpest blade in the Qingcheng Group's arsenal.

But Chu Xihe owed the old master of the Yi family her life. Repaying that debt with a marriage and keeping Yi Qingcheng in check was her only option.

So she planned to play dead and be a slacker who showed up on time to collect her paycheck.

Yi Qingcheng, meanwhile, was convinced she was a little spy sent by the old man. He rubbed his hands together, ready to counter whatever she tried, and watched coldly as she clumsily played the role of Mrs. Yi, growing from awkward to practiced.

Chu Xihe did her best to keep a low profile. In his eyes, it was all calculated seduction.

That night, she fell into the swimming pool. The water was icy cold.

Yi Qingcheng hauled her up. The scorn in his eyes was colder than the water. "So eager, are you? You've gone to all this trouble just to climb into my bed?"

Clinging to his shirt, Chu Xihe, soaked through, asked softly, "I wouldn't be opposed, big brother. Could you raise my salary a little?"

Yi Qingcheng looked at her face, so close to his, and his heart suddenly skipped a beat.

President Yi has a secret lately.

His seemingly obedient, slacker wife is driving him crazy.

He gives her jewelry, and she checks the market price and carefully keeps a record. "It'll make settling the accounts easier when we get divorced."

He gets caught up in a dating rumor, and she munches on seeds while following the gossip online. "These paparazzi are useless. The photos are blurry."

When his first love returns from abroad, Yi Qingcheng deliberately tosses the invitation onto her desk, hoping to see her green with jealousy.

Chu Xihe's eyes light up. "I want to go! I want to go! When is it? Can I bring a fan sign?"

Later, Yi Qingcheng drops a divorce agreement in his best friends' group chat, setting off a flood of shocked exclamations.

Everyone: "President Yi is finally going to be free again?!"

Three minutes later, he posts an update, showing off two bright red marriage certificates.

Caption: [Hah, you want to run? Not a chance, not even in your next life. @The Sunshine Who Wants a Divorce Every Day]

Below is the blurb for this story

A Cat and a Dog, Both at Home

| Cool Cat VS Abstinent Dog |

| Appetite is human nature; men and women who eat and drink are driven by desire |

| A cozy little sweet romance about healing each other, with no melodramatic misunderstandings |

The central air conditioning at First Hospital was turned up high.

Su Yiqing sat alone on a cold waiting-room chair, clutching the test report, still warm from the printer.

Rain wove a huge net between heaven and earth, trapping the tightly packed skyscrapers inside it. A gray curtain covered the whole city.

The fat raindrops drummed out a scattered beat as they reluctantly slid down the glass, leaving trails of varying lengths.

Though the two lines on yesterday's test strip had already foreshadowed the result,

she thought she'd prepared herself well enough. But the moment she received the verdict,

her heart felt as if it were wrapped in a tangled mass of threads, so tightly she could barely breathe.

"Number 15, Su Yiqing, please come to Exam Room Two for your follow-up."

The cold, mechanical announcement rang out.

Su Yiqing entered the exam room.

The doctor glanced at the test results without even raising their eyes.

"You're pregnant. Do you want to keep it?"

If she hadn't accidentally fainted in front of Luo Jing,

Su Yiqing would never have let him know she was pregnant.

But, as luck would have it, the accident happened.

Luo Jing had finally found a legitimate way to keep her by his side.

How could he possibly give it up?

As a screenwriter who's a slacker in the entertainment industry, Su Yiqing had written countless clichéd stories about couples marrying because of an unexpected pregnancy. She never thought one would come true for the youngest director of the Luo family.

It was supposed to be a game where two adults each got what they wanted.

Luo Jing had always been reserved and mysterious, and hated trouble. They'd agreed to keep things casual, but in the end, he was the one who couldn't let go.

Only years later did he realize that from the first moment he saw her, he'd wanted to build a nest that would never fall apart.

Hidden inside that clichéd script was the most sincere love they had for each other.

At two in the morning, the desk lamp in the office was still on. Luo Jing adjusted the blanket over Su Yiqing's legs for the third time. The director, who could stir up a storm without batting an eye at a financial summit, tested the temperature of her warm milk again and again.

Later, at the production wrap party, a rookie actor caught the stern, powerful investor hiding in a production van, expertly braiding his freshly awakened daughter's hair.

#The parents are true love; the child was an accident#

#A tsundere who claims it's all for the child#

Theme: Look within yourself for what you seek; love yourself before you love someone else.