Falling in Love After Marriage

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[Marriage Before Love / Slow-Burn Everyday Romance / The Male Lead Loves Only the Female Lead from Start to Finish]

Under pressure from their elders to get married, Chen You invited her former deskmate, whom she hadn't contacted in years, to marry her. He was just as troubled by his parents' persistent urging as she was, and neither of them had someone they wanted to marry.

As soon as she sent the "marriage invitation," he replied: [My household register is in my car. Send me your location and I'll come pick you up.]

After they married, Chen You often found herself thinking about it. Her husband was a wealthy local, handsome and refined, and the company he'd founded was on the rise. His financial prospects and future were both bright.

She, on the other hand, was just an ordinary accountant who worked countless hours of overtime to earn a fraction of his salary. She was a country girl, both her parents were dead, and she still had an elderly grandmother to support.

Chen You couldn't help wondering why he'd agreed to marry her on such short notice. In their first six months of marriage, she asked him three times, and every time she got the same answer: "For love."

She sighed, thinking that capitalists really knew how to keep the secret of their success.

That was until she found a box in Zhou Wenqing's room. It held the important "treasures" he'd collected from his school days. When she opened it, she found her rough drafts from high school, a game of Gomoku they'd drawn when they were bored, the earphones they'd once shared to listen to music, now broken from being stepped on...

At the very bottom of the box was the romance novel her teacher had confiscated from her. When she opened it again nine years later, there was a line of bold, vigorous handwriting on the title page:

"I'll share half my earphones with you. Could you share a third of your affection with me?"

Blurb Two:

When she was sixteen, Chen You looked at the boy sitting beside her. He wore black-framed glasses and had fair skin. His fingers were long and pale as he held his pen, and every move he made gave him the air of a pampered young master untouched by worldly concerns. Chen You propped her chin in her hand and scoffed. She would never date a pretty boy like that.

At twenty-six, she reunited with him and married that very same pretty boy.

Upcoming story, with tens of thousands of words already written:

Rejected My Ex Again and Again

[Rekindled Romance / Reunion After Years Apart / Interwoven Flashbacks]

In college, Zhong Jiayu fell in love with Gu Yanyang at first sight. They were passionately in love for two years, but in the end they broke up.

Later, Gu Yanyang tried to get back together with her several times, but she rejected him every time.

After turning him down, Zhong Jiayu was unexpectedly spotted by him chatting happily with one of her suitors.

Gu Yanyang finally broke down. In a hurt, resentful voice, he asked her, "You said you didn't want a relationship. Does that mean you don't want one at all, or just that you don't want one with me?"

Zhong Jiayu asked in return, "What's the difference?"

The man stubbornly replied, "There is a difference."

Zhong Jiayu: "Then I don't want one with you."

After that, they agreed to hide the fact that they were exes and focus on work.

After finishing a project one day, their coworkers chatted in the office. The topic moved from case discussions to relationships, and eventually landed on Gu Yanyang.

"I heard Lawyer Gu got his heart broken by a woman when he was young, so he's never dated anyone since. I wonder what kind of blind woman would dump such a handsome lawyer. Right, Jiayi?"

They had no idea that she was the "blind" woman who had dumped Gu Yanyang.

Zhong Jiayu played along: "Exactly. That woman had no idea what she had. She didn't know what was good for her."

She didn't expect someone to return just then. Standing tall in the doorway, he said to her, "Come home with me. I'll drive you."

The man picked up her bag with practiced ease. "Let's go, my first love."

Zhong Jiayu: "..."

Everyone else: "??!!!"

1. One-on-one pairing, both leads sexually inexperienced.

2. Rekindled romance, four-year age gap.

The story after next will be Love Takes the Bait [Marriage Before Love]. Please add it to your favorites!

Blurb:

At a company team-building event, Jiang Yi lost three rounds of a game. For the third round, she had to tell her boss the truth.

To save her job, Jiang Yi steeled herself and said, "Boss, I want to cling to your coattails."

It sounded more like a dare than the truth.

Because the next day, Jiang Yi registered her marriage to the man.

On the third day, they slept in the same bed.

On the fourth day, they ran into each other at the office. Jiang Yi greeted him respectfully: "Good morning, Mr. Cheng."

He nodded and walked past, seeming to glide along with the wind.

Later...

The boss at work: Jiang Yi, focus on your work today. Don't work overtime every day.

Her coworkers: See? Telling the truth offended the boss. Now he's watching you work all the time.

The boss in private: Honey, shouldn't we work on our married life tonight?

Jiang Yi: I'm working overtime tonight.

The boss: What if I give you the night off?

Jiang Yi glanced at him. She didn't need to say a word; the man was already tucked into bed, reciting the Husband's Code: "Be generous when your wife spends money, comfort her when she's angry, and wait for her when she's working overtime."

A junior employee and a big boss.

Marriage Before Love.

A few tips for reading this story:

1. The female lead falls in love after marriage / the male lead's secret crush comes true / slow-burn everyday romance / the author has a good track record, so read with confidence.

Bright and beautiful accountant x wealthy heir and startup founder (the leads' jobs are unrelated).

2. They're each other's first love. The male lead only loves the female lead from start to finish, so he does most of the pursuing early on.

3. Opinions expressed in the story apply only to its plot and don't represent all of the author's views. I have no intention of provoking conflict. I hope everyone can enjoy the story in a civilized, harmonious, and happy way.

4. Professional details are based on material found online. Please point out any errors gently, and I'll do my best to correct them.

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