After the Contract Girlfriend Agreement Ended

Eight years in love, bound by a contract. It's time to make the pretend relationship real. Mr. Xu asks his friends online: How do I turn my contract girlfriend into my real wife? Bad Friend A: A man needs to be mysterious. Make her guess what you're thinking. When she advances, you retreat; when she advances again, you retreat again. That's how you get it done. Bad Friend B: If you want to get married, win over her parents! The older generation loves honest men. Look old-fashioned and plain, and make yourself seem like the kind of guy who has no money to spend chasing other women. That'll do the trick. Bad Friend C: The biggest mistake in a relationship is sticking too close. You need to give each other space. Distance makes the heart grow fonder. Mr. Xu took their advice to heart and did his best to follow it. The results were spectacular... ...They broke up. Meanwhile, Xia Caiwei, the contract girlfriend who'd been dumped, was unhappy too. Mr. Xu's friends looked down on her status, cut off her means of making a living, and even congratulated themselves on doing a good deed. Xia Caiwei decided to show up and slap those idiots in the face. Smack, smack, smack. Half a month later, Mr. Xu discovered that his ex-girlfriend had several new suitors. Each one seemed oddly familiar. He took a closer look and realized they were the very same friends who'd given him all that terrible advice. Only then did Mr. Xu understand. "You set me up!" Bad Friends A, B, and C: "I-it's not our fault. Your girlfriend is just way too irresistible." Reading Notes: 1. A revenge story about a scumbag man. 2. One-on-one romance, with Mr. Xu as the male lead. 3. The blurb is for reference only. Please follow the main text. More notes may be added at any time. Theme: You can survive disasters brought on by heaven, but you can't escape the consequences of your own actions.