My Husband and I Became a Hit Ship Before Our Divorce

[The next novel, Childhood Betrothal, is now underway. Please add it to your reading list!] At the awards ceremony, Guan Ningxiang is dressed to the nines, but a man steals the spotlight. Dressed in a custom-made all-white suit, he has an aloof, noble air, and a single casual glance from him is enough to send the crowd into a frenzy. Her agent stares at the man’s stunning profile and asks, puzzled, “Is that Qi Xiyu, who shot to fame with a single movie before he’d even returned to the country? Why does he look familiar? I feel like I’ve seen him somewhere before.” Guan Ningxiang catches the man looking back at her across the crowd and calmly replies, “On my marriage certificate.” Her agent: “Huh?” Guan Ningxiang: “He’s my husband.” Her agent: !!! * After Guan Ningxiang and Qi Xiyu marry under an agreement, they live in separate countries. Two years later, they meet again to discuss getting divorced, but a marriage reality show comes calling with a sky-high paycheck. Guan Ningxiang: I’m not usually swayed by money, unless there’s enough of it. How about we... put off the divorce for now? [A little scene] As soon as news breaks that newly crowned Best Actor Qi Xiyu and popular young actress Guan Ningxiang will appear on a marriage reality show, a mysterious source reveals that they’re married under an agreement, causing an uproar. The show begins. In the first episode, Guan Ningxiang livestreams herself cooking at home and accidentally burns her finger, leaving a red mark the size of a grain of rice. That very evening, Qi Xiyu, who was supposed to be in another city, returns home. Netizens: He’d better hurry. Otherwise, he won’t even be able to find where she got hurt. In the second episode, Qi Xiyu visits Guan Ningxiang on set and happens to catch her filming an intimate scene. He treats everyone to dinner and gets the male lead dead drunk. Netizens: We know you’re not jealous. You just happen to hold your liquor well. In the Nth episode, Guan Ningxiang sleepwalks in the middle of the night during one of her episodes and wanders into the living room, where the cameras are still rolling. She curls up on the sofa like a little cat, feeling emo. Qi Xiyu carefully asks her, “Why are you unhappy?” Guan Ningxiang: “We haven’t kissed today. Is my dog seeing another kitty behind my back?” Qi Xiyu: “...Let’s go to the bedroom and kiss.” Guan Ningxiang looks up: “No, right here!” Netizens: !!! Is this content we can watch without paying? And you call this an arranged marriage of convenience?! [Updated daily, happy ending. Sexy, gorgeous, traffic-generating young actress X an irresistible rich second-generation newly crowned Best Actor. Includes livestream comments. All characters are fictional and not based on real people, so please don’t connect them to reality.] The next novel, Childhood Betrothal, is now underway. Please add it to your reading list! Blurb: Ye Chunya wasn’t always called that. When she was seven, her life changed drastically. Once a little princess doted on by everyone, she fell into the mud and became a pitiful girl with no home to return to. It was Ling Shuangbai who pointed to the tender new shoots on the tree by the door and told her, “You’re like these new sprouts. You lie dormant through the cold winter so you can welcome a new life when spring comes.” That day, Ye Chunya gave herself a new name. Deep in her heart, a seed called “Ling Shuangbai” also quietly took root and began to sprout. * Ling Shuangbai lives up to his name: aloof and proud, decisive and ruthless in business, merciless toward his competitors and even harder on himself. His private life is so disciplined it’s practically boring, and he never gets close to women. The only rumor connecting him to romance is that he has a fiancée from a childhood betrothal, a poor country girl. Everyone thinks it’s a joke. No one knows that the day after meeting the fiancée from the rumor, Ling Shuangbai went with her to register their marriage. * A fantasy costume drama has recently become a huge hit. Its lead actress, Ye Chunya, is stunningly beautiful, with a complexion like snow, and her acting is superb. She’s been nicknamed “the ultimate fantasy drama actress.” A born star like her is listed as married, leaving countless fans crestfallen and even more curious: What kind of man could have made the beautiful Ye marry so young? Ye Chunya is extremely secretive about her husband’s identity and never mentions him in public, so rumors gradually start to spread. Some speculate that her married status is just a front and that she’s actually the secret lover of some powerful big shot. Then one day, Ling Shuangbai, who usually appears only in financial news, attends a fashion event. The host is overwhelmed with surprise and interviews him on the red carpet: “Mr. Ling, may I ask why you agreed to attend our event?” The man pulls a marriage certificate from his pocket. “You’re spreading rumors about my wife, and that’s bad enough. Could you at least think a little bigger?” The host: !!! [A sly little fox of a superstar X a cunning old fox of a powerful CEO] Theme: No matter what difficulties you face, stay optimistic and keep looking ahead