Passionate Summer Night

[Blurb 1]

Principal's office.

Liang Qiao is surrounded by the father of a boy who's causing trouble.

In their repeated arguments, he is utterly vile and relentlessly aggressive. He keeps humiliating her, and the situation becomes unbearable.

Faced with an enormous compensation bill she can't afford, her homeroom teacher advises her to give in, while her parents are completely indifferent.

She's all alone, with no one to turn to.

The light stings her eyes, making them ache. Liang Qiao refuses to give in to what he wants. She clenches her fists, bristling from head to toe.

She hangs her head in despair, but there's no way out. Clinging to the tiniest glimmer of hope, she calls the man she barely knows, her husband.

At that moment, he walks slowly toward her in her shattered world.

The man holds a high position and exudes a quiet air of authority. His slender fingers gently brush her vulnerable lips, where beads of blood are still seeping out. The vivid contrast between red and white is painfully striking.

He listens to no one's excuses. He simply bends down and asks her, "Tell me, who hit you?"

[Blurb 2]

In the first twenty rebellious years of her life, Liang Qiao imagined all sorts of possibilities for her future. She never thought she'd marry a man eight years older than her.

Rumor has it that the powerful man of the Shen family holds a high position, is ruthless and ambitious, and is cold and indifferent when it comes to romance.

With nowhere to go, she's forced to live under the same roof as him.

The truth is nothing like the rumors:

The aloof man indulges her willfulness and spoils her reckless, childish side.

And Liang Qiao's feelings for him grow wildly, like weeds.

Later, she hears that his first love has returned to the country in a blaze of glory. Among their mutual friends' posts, Liang Qiao plays the role of the extra person who doesn't belong.

That night, the man doesn't come home. Liang Qiao stands beneath the lights, tossing and turning, unable to sleep. A mere year together now feels like an empty dream, all false affection.

When she wakes, she leaves without hesitation, cutting all ties with her past.

What Liang Qiao doesn't know is that the man remembers every rainy night, every intimate touch, and every moment when passion swept them away.

-Rebellious girl x shrewd older man

-Marriage first, love later. The heroine is an adult, with an eight-year age gap.

-Both are inexperienced, 1v1, happy ending.

Premise: Daydreaming romantic