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[1]

Shi Qian was a notorious laughingstock among Beicheng's elite. The Shi family brought her back from a small county town to Beicheng solely to arrange her marriage in place of her younger sister, who had run away from her own wedding.

Not long after returning to Beicheng, she seductively lured a man at a party, just to get back at everyone.

[2]

Shen Xian was the most rebellious of the younger generation in Beicheng's prestigious Shen family. He became famous at a young age, had been in the business for years without a single scandal, and was nicknamed "the heartbreaker" by his fans.

That day on the balcony, he saw Shi Qian in a princess dress, leaning against the railing and smoking at her leisure. Sensing his gaze, she turned around with a dazzling smile and held out a cigarette. "Want one?"

He was trying to quit smoking, but for some inexplicable reason, he took it and put it between his lips. Shi Qian suddenly rose on tiptoe and leaned in close, her slender fingers clicking a silver lighter. The flame sparked, and smoke filled the air.

The lighting was suggestive, and undercurrents stirred.

That night, the cigarette burned a hole in her princess dress.

That night, Shen Xian left a bite mark on her collarbone, saying it was a claim of ownership.

[3]

Later, during a livestream, Shen Xian drew a dare: play an audio clip from his phone.

An audio file with the code 5201314 played. A woman's voice, thick with drink, asked, "Shen Xian, do you love me?"

"Why do you love me?"

"Just how much do you love me?"

Online viewers recognized the voice as that of Shi Qian, an obscure actress, and mocked her for delusions of grandeur and shamelessly clout-chasing.

But then the actor Shen lowered his voice and answered with boundless adoration: "I love you very, very much."

"Because you're Shi Qian, I'll always love you."

He said that firm "I love you" dozens of times, tenderly and lovingly.

[Reader's Guide]

◆ One-on-one romance / both leads' first time / very, very slow burn / three-year age gap / melodramatic, ridiculous, slow-burn sweet romance

◆ A princess whose beauty reaches the heavens X a dragon knight who bows and surrenders

◆ The heroine's arranged fiancé is not the male lead, and that fiancé has his own love interest. This is a love-at-first-sight story of unconditional devotion.

◆ The male lead is cold, unhinged, and unreasonable. From start to finish, he only has eyes for Shi Qian.

◆ This novel underwent a major revision, so comments on chapters 1-10 may not reflect the current story.

◆ Cover art courtesy of @Monkey Headband

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[1]

Shen Yi is nearly everyone's ideal marriage prospect: handsome, wealthy, smart, gentlemanly, and responsible.

But Zhao Nanxing is seen as the least suitable woman to bring home: domineering, decisive, and a workaholic.

And yet, the two got married. When they did, their mutual friends made private bets on how long it would take them to divorce.

The most popular bet was three years.

Three years passed. They hadn't divorced, and they even showed up at parties together, so their friends gradually accepted it.

But in the fifth year of their marriage, Zhao Nanxing posted a photo of her divorce certificate on her social media.

Their friends: ...???

[2]

Zhao Nanxing and Shen Yi were childhood neighbors. They attended the same elementary school, but then Shen Yi's entire family moved away, and they lost touch.

They met again at a friend's birthday party, spent one muddled night together, and then got married just as muddledly.

Zhao Nanxing had always held herself to high standards and believed she could do everything well, including marriage.

Especially since Shen Yi was the man everyone approved of.

But five years later, after losing a child, she was the one who asked Shen Yi for a divorce.

[3]

During the lunch break at the hospital, the television was showing an interview with the hotshot lawyer Shen.

Someone couldn't hide her admiration and said, "Lawyer Shen is so handsome that if I argued with him, I'd have to slap myself first."

As Zhao Nanxing quietly ate her lunch, she thought: You haven't experienced arguing while you scream hysterically and he doesn't say a word. You haven't been injured and hospitalized while he's away on a business trip that very day. And you haven't experienced a miscarriage, crying in pain in the middle of the night, while he doesn't even hold you and coldly writes 'thank goodness' in his diary.

Everyone thought Shen Yi was the perfect man. Only Zhao Nanxing knew how cold he was deep down.

Later, Shen Yi stood outside the hospital in a torrential downpour. A banner read: Zhao Nanxing, I was wrong.

Even when he collapsed in the rain and was taken to the emergency department, Zhao Nanxing never came to see him.

Childhood sweethearts and their everyday life after divorce // Criminal defense lawyer X emergency room doctor //

Theme: I'll always love you with certainty. You can ask me again and again.