Innocence

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The thing Zheng Qiancheng was proudest of wasn't doing unexpectedly well on the college entrance exam and getting into a university she had never dared dream of. It was winning over Jiang Song, the unattainable flower, after the exam.

They dated for three years, then broke up after a cold war.

Later, at a class reunion, Zheng Qiancheng accidentally scratched Jiang Song's car. All she could do was apologize. "Let's go through my car insurance. Let me know when you're free."

Jiang Song still had that expression like a cold moon reflected in water. He told her to eat first.

They were seated next to each other, but didn't manage to say a single word.

Someone teased them, "You're both single. Why not give it another try?"

Zheng Qiancheng mocked herself. "I can't bear to repeat the same mistakes. I'm only human."

Jiang Song smiled without saying a word.

Forty days later, Zheng Qiancheng was pregnant.

The father was Jiang Song.

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In an interview with Zheng Qiancheng, Jiang Song was asked:

Have you ever regretted becoming a doctor?

His answer: I've had many regrets in my life. The one thing I don't regret is the career I have now.

In Zheng Qiancheng's mind, regret had nothing to do with Jiang Song. He hid all his feelings behind a beautiful face, never letting anyone see through him. Even if he did have regrets, they had nothing to do with her.

She didn't know that on his friend's birthday, he got drunk and, reeking of alcohol, muttered to himself, "I regret it so much."

His friend asked what he regretted.

Her smiling face flashed through his mind. His voice was frighteningly hoarse. "I regret letting her go..."

A cool, aloof doctor and a gorgeous reporter

Their first love was pure and sincere

A rekindled romance

Updates daily at 9 p.m.

Both are each other's first and only; neither dated anyone during their breakup

If you can't accept the leads giving in to their passion, getting carried away, and having a baby before marriage, this isn't for you

Blurb written on August 13, 2021

Coming next: No Such Thing as Divorce

Lin Ruobing's whirlwind marriage caught everyone who knew her completely off guard.

As the law firm's prettiest and most charming woman, she was known as quiet, polite, ambitious, introverted, and dignified.

Until one day, her new husband pulled up outside the firm in a luxury car. Dressed in black, with long legs and a fierce, commanding air, he raised his chin and called her "Wifey" in a carefree drawl.

Everyone gasped. "So this is Lin's type!"

Lin Ruobing's ex-boyfriend asked, "What type?"

A coworker said, "Her husband's name is Xiong Ran. Just hearing the name tells you he's no ordinary man."

When Xiong Ran first met Lin Ruobing, he found himself agreeing with her coworkers.

A fair-skinned woman, neither old nor young, sat upright by a sunlit glass window. When she saw him, she merely nodded, lowering her eyes with the faintest smile.

He remembered the one requirement he'd told his friend before the blind date: she had to be filial.

His friend said, "Lin Ruobing is the most filial girl I know. She's beautiful and honest, too."

Xiong Ran wondered, Who still calls a woman honest these days? Is that praise or an insult?

He asked his friend what Lin Ruobing wanted in a partner.

His friend said she had just one simple requirement: independence.

Xiong Ran raised an eyebrow. "Isn't that just describing me?"

His friend egged him on. "You two are perfect for each other."

At the end of the blind date, Lin Ruobing asked, "Can I ask you something personal?"

Xiong Ran was puzzled, but gave her a roguish smile. "Go ahead."

Lin Ruobing leaned closer, her warm breath brushing his cheek, and calmly asked her intimate question.

By then, Xiong Ran had already formed a fixed impression of her: just like her name, she was wooden and stiff.

But her question made him realize he was wrong. A sweet, tingling sensation seeped through his skin, like a strange electric current running through his whole body.

They didn't go home that night.

On the day they went to register their marriage, Xiong Ran held a cigarette and looked at her seriously. "We may have married in a whirlwind, but divorce isn't an option."

Lin Ruobing considered this. "Then maybe we shouldn't get married."

Xiong Ran's hand jerked. Ash spilled down, and the cigarette quickly scorched his shoe black. He drew out her name. "Lin Ruobing?"

She was usually so expressionless, but suddenly she laughed, sweet and charming. "I'm kidding. That's not an option for me, either."

Through every intimate night that followed, Xiong Ran felt that marrying her was the best decision he'd ever made.

Lin Ruobing felt the same.

A roguish boss and a cool, glamorous lawyer

Marriage first, love later / Male lead's perspective / Realistic fiction

Theme: Independence, freedom, and the courage to strive for a better life