The Allure of Marriage

[Main Story Complete] The ongoing novel My Green Tea Husband is now available. Click into my author page to add it to your collection. Shen Haobo, the heir to the Shen family, was aloof, cold, and abstinent. He was in his twenties, yet still had his first love. All his friends thought he would definitely marry late, or perhaps never marry at all. Fu Siyu wholeheartedly agreed. She thought marrying Shen Haobo would be like falling into an ice cellar, where his coldness could freeze you to death. Then, at her twenty-first birthday party, she drank too much and accidentally kissed Shen Haobo, stealing his first kiss. To keep Shen Haobo from suspecting she had improper intentions toward him, Fu Siyu said that her ideal partner could be no more than five years older or younger than her. That perfectly ruled out Shen Haobo, who was six years older. Later, her family arranged a blind date for her. When she found her date in the restaurant, holding a carnation as she had requested so they could recognize each other, she was dumbstruck. The man sat with his legs crossed, idly turning a carnation in his hand as he looked at her at his leisure. "Here for a blind date? Let's get started." Fu Siyu swallowed and politely tried to refuse. "Brother Bo, what are you doing here? The family must have made a mistake. I remember you're six years older than me." She had said she would only accept someone within five years of her age. Shen Haobo's voice was perfectly calm. "You remembered wrong. I'm five years older than you." Fu Siyu: "..." * After hearing that Fu Siyu's ideal partner could be no more than five years older or younger than her, Shen Haobo was furious all night. He was exactly six years older than Fu Siyu and was born in the Year of the Dog, so he was disqualified. The next morning, he went around telling everyone that he was born in the Year of the Pig and was five years older than Fu Siyu. A sweet story of love after marriage Weibo: @Jun Lai Jun My completed manuscript, Favored by You, is seeking readers. Please add it to your collection. Gu Muyun had known since childhood that her family had arranged an engagement for her. Her intended was Shen Ren, the eldest young master of the Shen family, who was eight years older than her. As the Shen family prospered and the Gu family declined, the gap between the two families grew wider. Everyone thought the marriage was unsuitable. They were sure the Shen family would look down on Gu Muyun, and urged her to stop indulging in wishful thinking. Gu Muyun thought so too. She had never met Shen Ren and had only heard from other people that he was the Shen family's heir: tall and handsome, composed and distinguished, decisive and formidable in business. He was someone the upper class scrambled to curry favor with. Countless socialites had confessed their feelings to him, only to be rejected. As for her, she had been delicate and sickly since childhood, often taking leave from school. She was such a poor student that even getting into college would be difficult. She and Shen Ren were from different worlds, and she had never imagined marrying him. That was until she turned twenty, when Old Master Shen personally came to her home with Shen Ren. It was Gu Muyun and Shen Ren's first meeting. She was asked to entertain him alone. Dressed in a suit and radiating an imposing presence, he sat before her. She straightened her back and greeted him obediently. "Hello, big brother." Shen Ren gave a slight nod, his deep eyes fixed on her as he explained why he had come. "Our elders arranged an engagement for us. Under the law, you are now twenty and old enough to marry. Would you be willing to marry me?" Gu Muyun looked up in surprise. She had thought he had come to break off the engagement, not to propose. "But I'm still in school." Shen Ren: "What year are you in?" Gu Muyun was mortified. "Senior year of high school." Shen Ren: "..." Shen Ren knew he had a fiancée who was very young. To avoid affecting her studies, he had never met her. When she turned twenty and reached the legal age to marry, he followed his father's wishes and went to the Gu family to propose. Only then did he learn that his little fiancée's parents had died when she was young, and that she had been raised by her uncle and aunt. They doted on her and were not strict with her, so at twenty she was still in her final year of high school. Shen Ren held her test paper, covered in red X marks, and felt a headache coming on. With grades like these, she might not even get into college. To make sure his future wife had at least attended college, Shen Ren had no choice but to bring his little fiancée home and personally supervise her studies. ★ Marriage first, love later; eight-year age gap Theme: Strive for a positive outlook