A Reply to My Secret Crush

[Recommended books by friends: Mint Candy by Xi You, and Sick Obsession by Jin Wu]

When Cheng Jiasong was twenty-six, he met Song Xici through a matchmaking arrangement.

They shared the same interests and got along well. Though their feelings for each other were not especially deep, they still chose to marry and put their parents’ minds at ease.

On their wedding night, he received an anonymous letter:

[Cheng Jiasong, I’ve loved you from ten years ago until today.]

[Wishing you a happy wedding and everything you desire.]

It wasn’t the first love letter Cheng Jiasong had received, so he thought nothing of it and casually tossed it aside.

Not long after the wedding, his job transferred him to a neighboring city. They spent little time together, treated each other with courteous respect, and lived a fairly peaceful life.

On their wedding anniversary, they planned to move into their new home in the suburbs for a holiday.

While tidying up, Cheng Jiasong found an old diary that had fallen out of a drawer. Its neat handwriting was filled with a girl’s secret love from her youth.

He turned to the last page. It was dated the night of their wedding:

[Cheng Jiasong, I’ve loved you from ten years ago until today.]

[Wishing myself a happy wedding and the fulfillment of my heart’s desire.]

*Bright, bold heroine x aloof, calculating hero; amusement park planner x novice entrepreneur

*The heroine’s secret crush comes true; the hero falls in love after marriage; the story focuses on married life

*A love story of love at first sight that only grows sweeter with time

*Includes workplace elements and follows the heroine’s career

*The heroine is excellent, never grovels, and won’t be put through misery. The hero is devoted in both body and heart. Please don’t judge the heroine harshly while giving the hero a pass.

[Related book] She and the Spring Light: the hero’s secret love comes true; the heroine falls in love after marriage

When Qin Huaiyue was twenty-seven, her parents arranged a blind date for her. She hurried to the meeting and saw her former high school deskmate, Song Wenjing.

He wore a tailored suit and looked refined and distinguished. His fingers tapped casually on the table, and the silver watch on his wrist caught the eye.

Song Wenjing looked at her with deep eyes and asked in a low, soft voice, “Qin Huaiyue, will you marry me?”

He said he needed a wife in name only to deal with his family.

A marriage of convenience, with no interference in each other’s lives.

Qin Huaiyue agreed.

After they married, Song Wenjing did everything a husband should, and there was nothing to fault him for except that he didn’t love her.

Qin Huaiyue didn’t dare overstep and kept her distance.

Until one day, she found all the exercise books she had thrown away as a student in a drawer at home.

Inside was a note in Song Wenjing’s handwriting:

[The day we first met, she gave me a candy and asked if it was sweet.]

[Later, I became her husband.]

@Muse from Afar

Theme: Life needs a few surprises.