Miss Ruan's Way With Men [Marriage Before Love]

At a Beicheng cocktail party.

Ruan Yu watched a man descend the spiral staircase from the second floor, looking utterly unhurried. His well-tailored black suit outlined his long legs. Amid the bright crystal lights, he looked handsome and refined, with an air of nobility and elegance.

Ruan Yu watched him for a while before her friend whispered, "That's Xie Cheng, the eldest son of the Xie family from Hong Kong City. The Xies have deep roots and astonishing wealth there, and now they're coming to the mainland to expand their business."

That evening, Ruan Yu's father told her he was considering an alliance through marriage with the Xie family and asked what she thought.

Ruan Yu said, "As a daughter of the Ruan family, I enjoy a life of luxury. Ensuring the family's interests is my duty, so of course I'm willing."

But at their matchmaking dinner, Xie Cheng told her he couldn't give her love, only the empty title of Mrs. Xie. His heart belonged to another girl.

Ruan Yu was dull and boring, not his type. If his father hadn't forced him, he wouldn't have come to this matchmaking meeting at all.

At this point, he only wanted to politely turn down the marriage.

"Knowing all that, are you still willing to marry me?"

To his surprise, Ruan Yu answered gently, "That's all right. There's someone I can't forget, either. We can just be a couple in name. Once the company's business is stable, we'll get a quiet divorce."

Xie Cheng felt a strange discomfort in his heart, but in the end, he nodded.

What he didn't know was that Ruan Yu wasn't as dull and obedient as she seemed.

Her greatest talent was taming men.

After they married, the thing Xie Cheng did most often was get jealous of Ruan Yu's "beloved" and pick fights with him at every turn.

Blurb posted January 5, 2026. Plagiarism will be pursued.

Theme: Be independent and self-reliant