Plainspoken Love

[Older, fatherly man x outspoken young woman, 32 x 23]

At first, Cheng Wei thought that Tan Jizhi, a university professor, was gentle and refined, rational and mature, and strict with himself. He seemed like a gentleman straight out of a textbook, so she figured he’d be boring and unromantic when it came to dating.

Perhaps he’d approve of a marriage where a couple treated each other with respect and lived in perfect harmony, all prim and proper, even going to the library for dates.

Their sex life might even be scheduled for every Saturday from eight to nine.

One day after they started dating, Cheng Wei messaged Tan Jizhi: [Waaah, Grandma has me practicing calligraphy against my will. What are you doing?]

Tan Jizhi sent her a picture. On the rice paper was a line of four large, graceful characters he had written: “Clear Skies After Snow.”

Wang Xizhi wrote in his "Clear Skies After Snow": “The snow has cleared, the weather is fine. I hope you are well.”

The snow has just stopped, and the scenery is lovely. Are you well, too?

Cheng Wei smiled sweetly: [You awkward weirdo, say the sweet things plainly.]

Tan Jizhi: [I'm thinking of you.]

P.S.:

1. The heroine is not the hero's student.

2. Includes information about the insurance industry and medical poverty alleviation. The author is no expert, so please don't scrutinize the details.

3. One-on-one, happy ending, sweet romance, age gap, she pursues him.

== Completed novel: "If the Moon Could Be Repaired" ==

== Coming soon: "Seeing Spring" ==

To pay off her debts, Shen Wu is forced into the entertainment industry. Her debut film is ridiculed across the internet, and rumors about her are everywhere. Her childhood sweetheart believes them and sadly breaks up with her.

The day they split up, Shen Wu sets up a camera and films herself crying, recording her heartbroken expressions so she can use them as a reference the next time she has to act out a breakup.

Everyone in and outside the industry thinks she is too calculating, that she openly craves fame. But Shen Wu knows that only by fighting her way upward can she find spring in the long winter of her life.

==

One day, paparazzi release intimate photos of Shen Wu with business up-and-comer Ying Huaiyu, setting off a huge scandal. Only the two people involved know that the pictures are nothing but an optical illusion caused by a tricky angle.

Netizens insist Shen Wu must have deliberately seduced him and stirred up a scandal for publicity. How could someone like her possibly have anything to do with the refined and dignified Ying Huaiyu?

Shen Wu doesn't bother to explain. With a contract in hand, she goes alone to Ying Huaiyu's office, lays out the pros and cons, and proposes a two-year marriage contract.

She doesn't expect him to agree. She's simply accustomed to doing everything she can to give herself even the slightest chance of success.

To her surprise, Ying Huaiyu accepts.

==

Two years later, Shen Wu honors their agreement, repays what she owes Ying Huaiyu, packs her bags, and prepares to leave. But Ying Huaiyu rushes back and pulls her into his arms. “Shen Wu, I would never treat my marriage as a business deal.”

“After two years, haven't you seen how I feel about you?”

He has secretly loved her for years, planning every step. The trap he set to lure his quarry into his arms that year was his doing all along.

[Business tycoon in the making x actress, he falls for her in secret, marriage before love]

Theme: Medical poverty alleviation, benefiting society