Be Good

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When she was nine, Yan Mo found Xie Mian on the verge of death in the snow and coaxed him, "Be good. Take your medicine and it won't hurt anymore."

From then on, she had the playmate she'd always dreamed of. The two went everywhere together, closer than anyone, but she never expected Xie Mian to leave without a word.

Years later, just as the once-adored young heiress was left with no one to turn to, a warm hand clasped her wrist.

Yan Mo looked up, and the man before her seemed to merge with the boy Xie Mian. Her eyes instantly reddened.

Xie Mian's jaw tightened. He lifted her in his arms, gentle and careful, and coaxed her, "Be good, Momo. Let's go home."

*

After trouble hit her family, Yan Mo attended a banquet for the first time. Everyone avoided her, and a former friend set her up. By accident, she smeared cake on Xie Mian's immaculate black suit, and the bustling hall fell as silent as the grave.

Xie Mian made his first public appearance by winning the auction for Hucheng's "King of Land" project. He then acquired the city's largest real estate company, swiftly becoming one of Hucheng's rising elite. The city's wealthy and influential all competed to befriend him, but Xie Mian was aloof, inscrutable, and especially uninterested in women. He was extremely difficult to approach.

Now that Yan Mo had offended this formidable man, everyone thought the Yan family was finished.

But the usually cold and heartless Xie Mian smiled as he took the cake from Yan Mo. "Weren't you complaining last night that you'd gained weight? Why are you eating cake again today?"

Yan Mo gave a quiet snort. "That's none of your business."

Xie Mian coaxed her with helpless indulgence. "My little queen, who would dare tell you what to do? I'll hold it for you. Go ahead and eat."

Everyone's jaws dropped: Who said he wasn't interested in women?!

[Bonus Scene]

Word has it that after marrying, Junsheng Group's CEO Xie Mian dotes on his wife, puts his family first, and never gets caught up in scandals. He even has a nine o'clock curfew, earning him the online nickname "the gold standard of wifely virtue."

During an interview, a reporter asked, "Is it true that Mr. Xie has a nine o'clock curfew?"

Xie Mian nodded with a half-resigned, half-fond smile. "My wife told me to behave, so what can I do? You wouldn't understand the hardships of married life."

After the interview aired, the whole internet was jealous:

With Mr. Xie's smile that bright, are you sure it's hardship and not happiness???

All right, all right, we get it, Mr. Xie spoils his wife rotten. Keep showing off and it'll be rude :)

A sweet little note:

1. Both are each other's first love, happy ending, childhood sweethearts reunited after years apart, a sweet romance

2. Soft, adorable, tender-hearted Momo X possessive, gloomy husband who spoils her without limits

3. The female lead's family doesn't go bankrupt. She'll become a "ruthless female CEO" in the future O(≧▽≦)O

4. The romance begins when they're adults. There are no romantic or intimate scenes before adulthood.

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When Jiang Yutang first visited the Xie family, her arranged-marriage partner warned her coldly to mind her own business after the wedding. Then a tall, straight-backed man came around the corner, and her partner's expression changed instantly. He introduced him eagerly and respectfully: "This is my eldest brother, Xie Chen."

Jiang Yutang looked up. The man had a composed expression and an air of elegance, casually twirling a familiar lighter in his hand.

She suddenly remembered that night: he sat at ease in a chair by the floor-to-ceiling window, legs crossed, a half-smoked cigarette between his fingers. Wisps of smoke curled in the air, and the contours of his profile faded in and out of the light, utterly captivating.

She walked over and leaned down to share a puff of smoke with him.

Meeting Xie Chen's deep, dark eyes, Jiang Yutang lowered her gaze and greeted him along with the others.

-

Later, at the wedding, Jiang Yutang's arranged-marriage partner suddenly ran away, leaving her awkwardly stranded onstage. The guests below murmured among themselves, all saying Jiang Yutang was unworthy of marrying into the Xie family, which was why the young Mr. Xie had fled.

After the two families discussed it, they were about to call off the wedding.

Xie Chen strode up to the officiant's platform, unhurriedly pinned the groom's boutonniere to his own black suit, and announced in a deep voice, "The wedding will continue."

-

Xie Chen was someone everyone in Xicheng's high society looked up to. Countless socialites dreamed of marrying into the Xie family, but Xie Chen had no interest in women and kept himself above temptation. He was hailed as Xicheng's untouchable flower on a mountaintop, someone to admire from afar.

Everyone said Xie Chen had married Jiang Yutang only to save face for the Xie family, and that she would soon be thrown out.

Jiang Yutang also knew their marriage was an accident of fate. After using Xie Chen to achieve her goal, she took the initiative to sign the divorce papers.

Xie Chen picked them up and glanced over them with a faintly amused smile. "You use me and then toss me aside?"

Jiang Yutang looked a little embarrassed. "I'm sorry. What do you want? I'll do my best to make it up to you."

Xie Chen's thin lips curved up. "Easy. I need a wife."

Jiang Yutang: "..."

Recommended completed sweet romances:

Modern: Sheng Sheng Yue Wo, Spoiling Marriage, Clinging Affection, A Little Crush

Unrestrained Tenderness, Spring Days with You Are So Sweet

Deep in Tenderness, A Little Spoiled, Sweetheart, A Little Warmth

Historical: Beloved, Springtime Entwined, The Tyrant Is a Little Pitiful, Exclusively Yours

There are many more completed novels in my author page. You're welcome to browse!

Note from 2021-7-2: Screenshot saved. Please don't copy my ideas.

Theme: No matter how difficult things get, keep striving, stand on your own, and stay strong!