Married Young [Marriage Before Love]

The Xie family, the richest in Laigang, have assets worth hundreds of billions and a sprawling ancestral clan network. As an adopted son from a remote branch with an obscure background, Jiang Zhi has always feared one person most: Xie Songzhe, the eldest son of the main branch, young but already wielding immense power. As a boy, Jiang Zhi was wild and unruly. His father punished him by making him kneel in the ancestral hall all night, and the one who administered the punishment was Xie Songzhe, barely in his twenties, cold and distant. - A car accident nearly killed Xie Songzhe, heir to the family fortune. They consulted a spiritual medium to ward off disaster, and learned that he needed to marry someone whose birth charts matched his to stay safe. A big-data search of the upper-class families turned up just one candidate: Jiang Zhi. A prenuptial agreement, and a billion yuan after the wedding. A gambling-addicted dad, a sick mom, a younger sister in school, and him, left in pieces. On his nineteenth birthday, Jiang Zhi registered his marriage. The first time he saw Xie Songzhe again, fear made his calves cramp up. Face frozen, he didn't dare say a word the whole way. - Jiang Zhi had thought all he needed to do was be a dutiful, well-behaved spouse in a wealthy-family romance. He never imagined that one day, Xie Songzhe would come to school to watch him play in a volleyball match, eat with him at a humble, bustling local eatery, hand-wash the white T-shirt soaked with sweat from his game, and straighten out Jiang Zhi's unruly, tousled curls, sticky with sweat, as cicadas buzzed beneath the blazing sun. Or that they would kiss under the dim streetlights, until Jiang Zhi's ears turned bright red and he flusteredly covered Xie Songzhe's lips with his hand. * The wealthy merchants of Laigang are superstitious about feng shui and firmly believe in destiny. Xie Songzhe falling in love with Jiang Zhi is a chance encounter in which time defies fate. A composed, dignified family head who takes charge x a sunny Haikyuu!! boy Theme: I'll think of one later