Then Let's Wish Him Luck

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That summer after high school graduation, Ruan Xuning gathered all her courage and handed the love letter she'd prepared to the person she'd secretly loved.

Zhou Cen frowned awkwardly. "...I don't like girls who are too obedient."

Ruan Xuning fell silent for two seconds, gritted her teeth, raised her hand, and slapped him. "What about now? Am I wild enough?"

Dazed by the slap, Zhou Cen clutched his cheek and couldn't say a word.

He Jingheng, standing beside him, couldn't help laughing.

Ruan Xuning's face turned bright red.

Humiliated and furious, she gave the He family heir a slap too, then stammered out a harsh retort: "Y-you... you, what are you laughing at?"

Her hidden sweetness was plain for all to see.

He Jingheng stopped laughing.

His eyes narrowed with amusement.

*

Many years later, a marriage contract disrupted the peace between the three of them.

He Jingheng paid no heed to the commotion outside. His gleaming Oxford shoes crunched over the broken glass on the floor as he approached Ruan Xuning, whose face was stricken with panic.

"Don't be afraid."

He took off his tie. Suppressing the icy look in his eyes, he carefully wiped the filth from the back of his hand, then shielded his trembling wife beneath him.

His warm breath brushed her cheek. "I forgot to tell you, I'm not like Zhou Cen..."

He paused. "I like obedient girls."

Powerful family heir x sweet childhood friend

* The male lead is He Jingheng, 1v1. Wish him luck (heart hands).

* A fun, everyday-life story of falling in love after marriage, with a height difference.

* They are already married at the start, with school memories woven in.

[Upcoming: Don't Flirt With Me Using a Kitten Knife. Synopsis]

The young lady of the Baili family tossed away the details of her eighteenth arranged marriage prospect.

Her friend was astonished. "No way, you don't like Shao Boru either? He's old money in Wucheng, with a solid family fortune and a knack for making money!"

She lifted her eyelids and showed off her limited-edition handbag and luxury car keys. "Do I look like I need money?"

"He's so handsome, too!"

"Do I look like I don't have handsome men chasing me?"

"He has a villa in Ziyu Mansion!"

"Do I look like I can't afford a villa?"

Her friend fell silent for a moment. "I heard Shao Boru has seven cats in his villa! Every one of them is round, adorable, sweet, and well-behaved! Some have even been in magazines and TV dramas. They're celebrity cats!"

"Do I look like..."

Baili Yu, a cat lover, suddenly ran out of words.

I do.

Two days later, news spread through Wucheng's high society that the Baili and Shao families were about to arrange a marriage.

The prospective groom said he had seven children.

Baili Yu said she was happy to become their mother without having to give birth.

*

They married to appease their elders. After the wedding, Baili Yu and Shao Boru agreed not to interfere in each other's lives, and that either could leave at any time if they found true love.

Onlookers sighed. Those fake spouses both had tempers to match. Surely living together would be a nightmare.

Some even claimed to have seen the young lady of the Baili family sneaking out of her mansion alone in the early hours, carrying a cat carrier and wiping away tears as she went. Perhaps her husband had mistreated her and she was planning to steal the cats and run...

Her friend called and patiently advised her, "If things aren't working out, you should get divorced sooner rather than later."

At the time, Baili Yu was lying on a double bed in Ziyu Mansion with cats number one through seven, the little brats, snuggled in her arms. Frowning, she replied helplessly, "I asked a divorce lawyer. The cats won't be awarded to me."

Before she could finish speaking, a hand with sharply defined knuckles reached over and rudely hung up her call, then shooed away the cats clinging to Baili Yu.

Shao Boru pulled his wife close.

Even the lofty young master had to plead in a quiet voice: "Do it for the seven kids. Don't bring up divorce again."

Theme: Be brave and pursue love