A Marriage Made for Spoiling

[Gentle, cool Kunqu opera actress × refined scoundrel business tycoon] The first time Lu Shiyan saw Shen Jingshu, a friend dragged him to the grand theater. Onstage, the young maiden-role actress wore a pink robe and jeweled ornaments, her eyes shimmering as her exquisite voice sang, “Dreaming back to the warbling orioles, spring fills every corner...” His friend pointed at her. “Ayan, isn't this one I've had my eye on lately pretty good?” Lu Shiyan calmly rolled a pair of walnuts in his palm. “She's average.” On the way back, though, he inexplicably listened to that scene from The Peony Pavilion again. * The second time Lu Shiyan saw Shen Jingshu was at a matchmaking dinner. She wore a dark teal qipao, her waist slender, her brows dark and lips red. Standing in the hazy drizzle, she was so clear and beautiful she seemed beyond compare. She said to Lu Shiyan, “My grandmother is seriously ill. She'll only feel at ease once she sees me married. Would you be willing to help me, Mr. Lu?” The refusal at the tip of his tongue took a detour. “All right. My family is pressuring me too.” Each got what they needed, and the two registered their marriage. When his friend heard the news, he looked down on Lu Shiyan. “Didn't you say she was average? Why elope into marriage with someone average?” Lu Shiyan replied coolly, “My family arranged it.” - In the second year of their marriage, Grandma Shen passed away, and Shen Jingshu asked for a divorce. Lu Shiyan sat in the living room smoking all night. Before dawn, he wrapped his arms around her from behind, his voice hoarse. “Shen Jingshu, can we please not get divorced?” [Bonus Scene] People in their circle knew Lu Shiyan was married, but no one knew who his mysterious wife was. Until one day, Lu Shiyan reposted a news story about the Kunqu opera troupe's successful performance overseas, with the caption: “Congratulations to my wife on a wonderful performance.” Netizen 1: So President Lu likes opera? Netizen 2: His wife? Do people in the theater world call each other “wife” too? Lu Shiyan: @Kunqu Opera Actress Shen Jingshu, my wife. Everyone: !!! So she really is his wife! Only when love is hidden can it go unnoticed; that's because it has already sunk to the very depths of the heart. The Peony Pavilion *Love after marriage, sweet romance, both leads are virgins, five-year age gap *Please don't offer unsolicited writing advice. If you drop the story, no need to tell me. Let's part on good terms. Weibo: @Jinjiang Xiao Zhou Yao Yao A similar novel, Newlywed Love Letter, is available in my author profile. [Gentle, graceful Suzhou storytelling beauty × aloof disabled tycoon] Shu Yunnian was a stunning and elegant young performer with the Suzhou storytelling troupe. Dressed in a pale green silk qipao and holding a pipa, she sang in the soft, lilting Suzhou dialect. But then the mother who had raised her alone was in a car accident. Desperate to pay for her treatment, Shu Yunnian had no choice but to sneak into the wedding banquet of the Shu and Fu families and ask her former adoptive father for money. Her adoptive father, frantic because his biological daughter had run away from her wedding, told her, “I'll lend you the money, but you have to marry into the Fu family in your sister's place, so we can save face for both families.” Thinking of her adoptive mother lying in the ICU, Yunnian said, “I'll do it.” * Fu Siyan was a powerful business tycoon, head of Suzhou's most prominent family, aloof and proud, a born winner. But an accident had left him disabled in both legs. The bride chosen for him had run away, so the Shu family sent an impostor to take her place. Just as he was about to lose his temper, the beautiful young woman took his hand and whispered, “I'm very easy to get along with. I won't cling to you. Please.” Fu Siyan glanced at her soft palm and pressed his lips together. “Let's give it a try.” * On their wedding night, Fu Siyan laid down three rules for Shu Yunnian: First, they would announce their divorce in three years and have nothing more to do with each other. Second, they must not interfere in each other's lives. Third, she must not touch him. Shu Yunnian happily agreed, treating it like a three-year contract job. - One day after the wedding, Shu Yunnian returned late at night from a business trip. She moved quietly, afraid of waking the man. But Fu Siyan embraced her in the darkness, his voice low and hoarse. “Mrs. Fu, you haven't touched me for 153.5 hours.” 1. Both leads are virgins and each other's first love. A sweet, healing everyday romance. 2. The hero uses a wheelchair when he first appears, but he will recover later. Theme: The beauty of traditional theatrical arts