Saying One Thing, Meaning Another

[Blurb] A little sweet treat, about a hundred thousand words long

Before graduating, Xue Lan accidentally discovered that the man she was arranged to marry was gay. She had planned to use this little secret to force him to sign a prenuptial agreement in her favor. She never expected to be caught in bed by him first.

After sobering up, Xue Lan looked at the pretty boy lying beside her, kicked him straight off the bed, and sent him tumbling underneath it.

Two days later, the pretty boy showed up at the Xue family home to propose, dressed in a custom-made suit and looking every bit the gentleman. He demanded that she take responsibility.

After they married.

Xue Lan went abroad to study, while the pretty boy threw himself into the entertainment industry.

Seven years later.

Xue Lan returned to China and found Fu Xingye, the newly crowned Best Actor who had just announced his retirement, to talk about getting a divorce.

Fu Xingye: "The Fu family has a rule: death can part a couple, but divorce cannot. Either kill me or go kill yourself. Otherwise, there is nothing to discuss."

Xue Lan: "Since when did your family come up with that ridiculous rule? Why don't I know about it?"

Fu Xingye: "I made it up ten minutes ago."

Xue Lan: "...See you in court."

The next day, Xue Lan noticed that her neighbor was moving.

On the third day, Fu Xingye knocked on her door and handed her several warm meal containers. "If you won't eat them, feed them to a dog," he said, then turned and walked into the house next door.

Xue Lan, who didn't own a dog, stared pensively at the beef with green peppers, braised ribs, and cola chicken wings in her arms.

*

One day, Xue Lan came across a discussion online: What have you done to get a divorce?

While everyone else lamented how hard it was to get divorced and urged people to choose carefully and cherish their freedom,

Xue Lan: I ate his cooking for more than thirty days straight and gained six pounds.

Netizen A: And then? Did you get divorced?

Xue Lan: No. I'm sitting by the kitchen door right now, watching him make pigeon soup for me.

Netizen B: So why did you want a divorce in the first place?

Xue Lan: He's too handsome. He was a blow to my confidence.

Netizen C: I see a cow up in the sky. Did you put it there with all that bragging?

*

After the Fu family's little menace returned from abroad, everyone in their social circle waited eagerly for him to make big news.

A few months later, Fu Xingye got married, and his bride was none other than the Xue family's imperious little princess.

Everyone rubbed their hands together in excitement: They're going to fight! Come on, start fighting!

But no one expected Xue Lan to go abroad the very next day, or for Fu Xingye to make his debut two months later!

Onlookers: Do you know how many regrets and expectations I had?

A cold-on-the-outside, warm-on-the-inside tsundere VS a devilishly handsome little menace

Xue Lan was determined to become a queen, but in the end, someone spoiled her into a princess.

Coming soon: Playing It Straight [Entertainment Industry]

Theme: The world is so big, but somewhere out there is one person who belongs only to you.