Mr. Shen, Please Sign the Divorce Papers

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1.

Everyone knows the Ruan family's eldest daughter, an outstanding, exceptional beauty who's cold and proud. Few have heard of the younger daughter, Ruan Mian, who was raised in a small town from childhood and has a gentle, soft-spoken nature.

When Ruan Mian is twenty, Shen Heng, whom she has just married, says coldly, "We'll get divorced in two years."

Ruan Mian trembles slightly and murmurs with her head lowered, "Oh."

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Everyone in Beijing's social circles knows that Shen Heng has a bad temper and detests women. But word is that he married two years ago and dotes on his wife like she's precious treasure.

Only the two of them know the truth: theirs is a marriage of convenience. They each get what they need, and neither interferes in the other's life.

When the term is up, Ruan Mian holds out the divorce papers and looks at him timidly. "S-Shen Heng, please sign."

Shen Heng stares intently at the faint blush spreading over the girl's fair, delicate cheeks. Bending close to her ear, he says softly, "I'm not signing."

Ruan Mian turns pale with fright.

2.

Shen Heng detests delicate women who are as clingy as vines. His wife in name only is exactly that sort of woman.

He never imagined he would fall in love with Ruan Mian.

Late at night.

Shen Heng kneels on the floor, holding the woman's waist tightly. His eyes are red-rimmed as he says in a hoarse voice, "Mianmian, don't leave me."

Ruan Mian is frightened and hurt. "S-Shen Heng, how can you do this?"

Her soft, sweet voice used to make Shen Heng sick. Now it moves him so much he can barely control himself.

★ Both leads are each other's first and only. Volatile, obsessive man x gentle, well-behaved woman

★ Contract marriage / married first, love later

Completed works: Captivated by Her, The One in Her Palm, Taking the Top Spot, Irresistible, She Always Wants a Divorce (Reborn), and more. Check out the author's profile!

[Please add these two upcoming novels to your collection!]

1. Can You Give Me Ten Million After We Break Up?, an arrogant, hot-tempered rich heir x a poor, well-behaved student who only cares about making money

Synopsis:

Pei Yan's father sponsors a student from a remote, impoverished village.

The girl is exceptionally bright. She gets into Yanjing's best university, moves into the Pei family's home, and becomes Pei Yan's study companion.

When they first meet, Chen Jiayue has her hair in two little braids. She wears an old-fashioned, shabby shirt, washed until it's wrinkled. Her little face is bare and pale, and she looks at Pei Yan timidly.

So ugly, Pei Yan thinks.

Pei Yan suddenly has a little tagalong. No matter how much he bullies her, he can't get rid of the clingy pest.

Bored one day, he makes a bet with his friends. Treating it as a joke and expecting a laugh, he starts pursuing Chen Jiayue, never imagining how easily she'll agree to date him.

He originally plans to dump her once he gets tired of playing with her. But she's so obedient and sweet, always looking at him with eyes full of affection and dependence, admiration shining in them. She even makes a fool of herself trying to please him.

How much must she like him? Pei Yan suddenly doesn't want to break up.

2.

Chen Jiayue really needs money.

When she sees Pei Yan give his ex-girlfriend ten million as a breakup settlement, she's stunned.

When Pei Yan pursues her, all she can think about is that ten-million-yuan check, so she agrees in no time. Once they're together, she does her best to be a thoughtful girlfriend.

Chen Jiayue thinks that since she's so good to Pei Yan, he'll surely give her ten million when they break up.

But she waits and waits, and Pei Yan never brings up breaking up.

Everyone is waiting to see Chen Jiayue get dumped.

But in the blink of an eye, the poor student who depended on the Pei family becomes the long-lost daughter of the Duan family, missing for sixteen years.

The Duan family plans to arrange an engagement for their precious daughter, returned to them at last.

The day before the engagement banquet, someone sees Pei Yan blocking Chen Jiayue outside her dormitory, his expression dark.

The once arrogant, hot-tempered young master of the Pei family lowers his head and holds the girl's waist tightly.

His quiet voice is full of pleading. "Yueyue, don't you want me anymore?"

Chen Jiayue, who was about to ask whether they'd broken up and if he could give her the ten-million-yuan breakup settlement: "...?"

Is he trying to get out of paying her the ten million?

2. First Snow, an elegant, bookish beauty x a refined, depraved old fox

Synopsis:

1.

Chu Xue is a mute single mother raising her son alone. Life has been hard over the years, but things are gradually getting better.

Until one day, she gets a call from her son's kindergarten teacher. Her usually well-behaved son has gotten into a fight with another child.

She rushes over, worried sick, only to find her former lover in the office.

The man wears a sharp suit and has a composed, reserved air. Gold-rimmed glasses sit on the bridge of his nose. Just like when she first met him, he radiates the authority of a man in power.

The difference is that now there's a four-year-old child beside him.

After the dispute is settled, Chu Xue carries her son away. He's married with a child. She was only ever a diversion in his love life, and whatever they had ended long ago.

A few days later, an elongated Rolls-Royce Phantom drives into the old city district.

2.

At thirty-two, He Tingzhou returns to his alma mater and runs into Chu Xue in the library.

At eighteen, the girl is like a blank sheet of paper, untouched by anything. Young, beautiful, and pure, she stirs his most primal desire.

The girl in her ivory tower can't withstand his relentless pursuit, which is driven by ulterior motives, and falls for him with ease.

He Tingzhou's interest in Chu Xue begins with her looks.

Then he falls in far too deep.

[Bonus scene]

Late at night.

Chu Xue lies in He Tingzhou's arms, her eyes red-rimmed and glistening with tears, her expression aggrieved.

She takes out her phone, types something in her notes, and hands it to him.

He Tingzhou turns the phone facedown on the bed and kisses her eyelashes. "I want to hear you say it yourself."

He speaks as if casually, his voice a little hoarse. "Darling, hurry up and get better. The first time we were together... you made such lovely sounds."

Chu Xue blushes scarlet.

Theme: A good marriage requires mutual respect and care.