My next novel will be a marriage-first, love-later story, "Stars and Years". Please add it to your reading lists!
Flirtatious without realizing it X devoted, scheming man
Marriage first, love later / her secret crush comes true / he falls for her after marriage / three-year age gap
Marriage first, love later / arranged marriage between strangers / he falls first / eight-year age gap
Gentle food blogger X devoted business tycoon
When Gu Ziyao was twenty-four, she married into the Shen family as the wife of its eldest son.
The two family patriarchs had made an agreement years ago: Gu Ziyao and Shen Jingyi's marriage was inevitable.
Before the wedding, Shen Jingyi laid down three rules: after the wedding, they would only pretend to be a loving couple in front of their parents.
As a rising star in the business world, Shen Jingyi was at the helm of the Shen Group and ruthless in the marketplace.
News of the Gu and Shen families' alliance sent the entire city of Naicheng into an uproar.
Nobody had faith in their marriage. Everyone eagerly awaited the day the two would become single again.
They were a model couple in public, strangers in private, and Gu Ziyao was happy to play along.
After all, they came from different worlds. There was no need to force things.
One night after their wedding, Shen Jingyi, slightly drunk, took the initiative and asked Gu Ziyao to make him a late-night snack.
After that, Gu Ziyao realized he kept coming up with different excuses to ask her to cook for him.
At a gathering with her close friends, they all agreed that Gu Ziyao had successfully won Shen Jingyi over through his stomach.
Then one day, while Gu Ziyao was livestreaming as usual, her fans were stunned to see the usually aloof, chaste man walk up behind her and pull her into his arms. In a low voice, he asked:
"Yaoyao, I'm so hungry. What delicious food are you making me today?"
In an instant, Shen Jingyi left his fans speechless. Was this really the aloof, chaste Mr. Shen?
Gu Ziyao murmured coyly, "Stop it, I'm livestreaming."
The man leaned down to whisper in her ear, teasing her. "Is Mrs. Shen embarrassed?"
Everyone was shocked. "So Mr. Shen really does know how to love someone."
No one knew that when Shen Jingyi suffered from anorexia, Gu Ziyao had personally designed a meal plan just for him.
In the end, that heart, once free of all desire, had fallen for her.
One-on-one / both untouched / both each other's first love / eight-year age gap / happy ending
My next novel will be "Stars and Years". Please add it to your reading lists!
Flirtatious without realizing it X devoted, scheming man
Marriage first, love later / her secret crush comes true / he falls for her after marriage / three-year age gap
When Wen Ruowen went on a matchmaking date, she met again the man she'd been secretly in love with for three years.
Xie Zihua was not only an outstanding cardiologist in the city of Mocheng, but also came from a powerful family.
In the sweltering heat of midsummer, Wen Ruowen sat with Xie Zihua aboard the Xie family's enormous private yacht. "Miss Wen, would you agree to marry me next week?"
Facing the man she loved, Wen Ruowen couldn't bring herself to refuse him. Even knowing he was clearly trying to curry favor with his elders, she still agreed.
After the wedding, they lived in the same bedroom, but were like strangers, each keeping out of the other's business.
Wen Ruowen understood that their marriage was entirely the chairman of the Xie family's doing. For Xie Zihua, it was simply an arrangement governed by three rules.
Even when they met, the man's gaze never lingered on her face for more than three seconds.
Later, at a private auction, Wen Ruowen was targeted for revenge by a rich young man.
Drenched from head to toe, she hid in a corner of the hotel.
Xie Zihua suddenly appeared. For once, he set aside his usual coldness and brought her a change of clothes.
"Change first."
Unable to resist her curiosity, Wen Ruowen glanced at the brand name on the paper bag.
Before she could say anything, the man bent down and carried her into a guest room.
At a family banquet, the elders of the Xie family paid this newlywed couple extra attention.
Xie Zihua's voice was gentler than usual. "There's no rush. We want some time alone together."
The elders were dumbfounded. Hadn't he been unwilling to marry her in the first place?
Now he was doting on his wife. It really wasn't like him.
Wen Ruowen followed Xie Zihua to offer the elders a toast. She had a low tolerance for alcohol, and her cheeks were flushed before she'd even finished two glasses.
She was about to politely decline when the man took the glass from her hand first.
In front of everyone, Xie Zihua took Wen Ruowen's hand. His gaze and voice were gentler and more devoted than ever.
"My wife is Her Majesty the Queen. I'll drink for her."
One-on-one / both untouched / marriage first, love later / both each other's first love / three-year age gap / happy ending
Theme: Keep living your life, and eventually you'll meet the one meant just for you
