Blurb
In the tenth year of loving Xu Huaizhou, Ling Jia sometimes thought that perhaps her love wasn't one-sided after all.
Those moments only they knew about were the most ambiguous, and the most quietly understood.
Until their elders put an arranged marriage on the agenda. As her family friend and older brother figure, he helped her consider every last detail.
So considerate it was almost cruel.
That night, on impulse, Ling Jia provoked the very person she usually went out of her way to avoid.
The nemesis of her girlhood, a cold and arrogant jerk, and the most untouchable heir in their circle: Tan Juefei.
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Tan Juefei was so frivolous that he had no qualms about crossing the line right under Xu Huaizhou's nose.
When things started to get out of hand, Ling Jia tried to escape by stubbornly demanding that he give her a proper status.
She had thought that a man of his standing would never date her.
But a few days later, a purplish-black Apollo IE ditched its bodyguards with swagger and pulled up right in front of the civil affairs bureau.
The man didn't even look at her. He picked up a document with his long fingers and strode straight through the gull-wing door.
Seeing her still sitting there in a daze, he said with a playful smile:
"What are you dawdling for? Changed your mind?"
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News of their marriage sent the whole city into an uproar. Xu Huaizhou lowered his eyes and gave a rueful smile. "I always knew he'd had his eye on you for a long time."
Ling Jia was stunned. Suddenly, she remembered seeing a snow-filled crystal ball in Tan Juefei's study.
A few cracks ran across its surface, making it look just like the one she had once given Xu Huaizhou, which he had accidentally broken.
Back then, the man had clearly turned her face back toward him and told her to pay attention.
In his irreverent tone, he said it had been a gift from his first love.
1. Secret love from the male lead's perspective comes true; the female lead's perspective is marriage first, love later.
2. The second male lead gets his comeuppance, but never wins her back.
3. Blurb written on 2026.06.13
Playful, scheming male lead x sweet, innocent female lead
Theme: Just think, somewhere beyond the horizon, there is someone waiting for you.
