She's Sweet and Flirtatious [Marriage]

Originally titled "Keeping a Business Marriage Alive with Daily Check-Ins". The cover hasn't been changed~

Please add my upcoming story *Matchmaker's Sugar-Rush Chronicles [Anthology]* to your reading list. The blurb is at the very bottom~

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Ruan Liwan and Shao Tingsong's business marriage is a little unconventional.

The first time they met in private, Shao Tingsong handed Ruan Liwan a questionnaire. The first question was: Are you ready to take this marriage seriously?

Ruan Liwan had been expecting a marriage in name only. Nervous and anxious, she honestly answered no. Sweet and gentle as she was, she added a note: I'll do my best.

On their first night after the wedding, Shao Tingsong handed her an agreement.

"Rules of Marriage":

1. Remember to say good morning and good night every day.

2. Find one thing to admire about each other every week.

3. Go on a date at least once a month.

4. Love each other a little more every year, and say "I love you" at least once when the other person isn't expecting it.

99. Be faithful and trust each other for the rest of your lives. Barring natural disasters or unforeseen calamities, stay by each other's side forever.

The long list of check-in clauses left Ruan Liwan stunned. The business mogul was probably a bit of a stickler!

Yet the sincerity and little romantic touches between the lines made her, who had been drifting through life in a daze, want to follow this man's lead and see how far a marriage that had started at zero could go.

The first year after their whirlwind wedding, people in their circle said: A business marriage. You know how it goes.

The second year: Public displays of affection? No way! It must be something to do with the stock market!

By year N: Their circle was left wide-eyed. How could a business marriage last so many years without even a single scandal? Did that make any sense?

If your heart is set on someone, and your eyes see only them, and every day you try to get a little closer, then isn't it only natural to fall for them? And is spending your lives together until your hair turns white really so astonishing?

< A little reading tip >

1. The male lead has a touch of obsessive-compulsive behavior, possessiveness, and a need for control. He's not perfect: he can be both reserved and flirtatious, and sometimes he's a bit of a blockhead.

2. The female lead is sweet, gentle, and easygoing. As she spends time with the male lead, she gradually learns to take her own life seriously.

3. The female lead is involved in online voice acting. Some details about that world are fictionalized.

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[Upcoming story]: *Matchmaker's Sugar-Rush Chronicles [Anthology]*

(An anthology featuring different couples, not a quick transmigration story. Some arcs take place in ancient times, but most are modern.)

The Matchmaker wants to retire, but his young disciple has ascended through the Path of Ruthlessness and refuses to inherit his mantle. The Matchmaker is furious, so he starts telling his disciple every single day about the couples he brought together over the years.

Many years later

The young disciple's eyes shine: A love worthy of the immortals! I get it! ...Where do I go to claim a partner?

The Matchmaker: ...So angry he spat blood.

[Mind Reader and Prophecy King]

Yu Xixia can read minds, and she thinks it's an incredibly powerful ability, until she meets the deadpan transfer student.

The first time she reads his mind, the sky is clear and cloudless. The transfer student thinks with absolute certainty: A torrential downpour is coming.

The next second, Yu Xixia, standing under the eaves, is drenched to the skin.

The second time, Yu Xixia is about to run the 800-meter race. The transfer student gives her a distant look, his thoughts hesitant: Should I warn her that her period is about to start?

Yu Xixia freezes mid-warm-up. The familiar monthly flow arrives the next moment.

The... who knows which time it is now, a small earthquake strikes the classroom. The transfer student rushes to her side and holds her tightly in his arms to protect her.

The transfer student says with certainty: She's mine.

(They fall in love as adults. At first, theirs is a pure rivalry between top students.)

[Bratty Drama Queen and Steel-Hearted Blockhead]

Yan Lin joins a dating reality show, only to discover after arriving that her partner is just as universally hated online as she is. She's hated for being too much of a drama queen, while he's hated for being too blunt.

But that's not the point. The point is that her phone contains several gigabytes of material about her and her partner as a couple.

#Help! What does it feel like to ship the real people themselves? I'm going to make content for my own ship!

#Waaah, big brother is arguing with me again today. I love him so much.

[Overactive Imaginer and Ice-Cold Guy]

Chu Dangdang is a total pretty-face devotee, and everyone knows she's obsessed with the school's heartthrob. One day, she suddenly sees the quiet, taciturn genius from her class take out a pink letter and slip it into her desk.

This is the genius! The genius has a crush on her! Chu Dangdang is shaken to the core. Her gaze at him grows increasingly strange, and the more she looks, the more alarmed she becomes. She grieves inwardly: The genius is so deeply in love with her.

What's a school heartthrob? She doesn't know. Today, too, she's thinking about how to comfort the poor, pitiful genius.

The genius: ...?

(The female lead is love-struck and ends up being forced into becoming a model student, so she doesn't start dating until adulthood.)

[Bad-Boy Energy and Chubby-Cute]

Su Zhiran suffers a serious illness. The hormones she has to take make her gain a lot of weight, but she doesn't think it's a big deal. She keeps going to school as usual and keeps coming first in class.

But the neighbor doesn't think so. Neither does the neighbor's son.

So after class, a delinquent boy with a head of yellow hair snaps at her: "I'll carry you home!"

Su Zhiran: ...?

(These two are both students in a two-day school-week program, and they're adults~)

[World-Weary Substitute and Hot-Tempered Demon Fox]

Yun Liuyan has always known she's a substitute for her junior sister, who died young, but she's too lazy to expose the truth.

Later, when the junior sister returns, she frames Yun Liuyan and gets her sent down the mountain. Yun Liuyan is too lazy to explain, so she slowly walks into the legendary Demon Abyss, a place cut off from the rest of the world.

Yun Liuyan lets herself fall lazily through the air. The sweet poison in her mouth still rests against her teeth, ready to let her die comfortably in an instant.

Suddenly, she lands on something fluffy and soft.

A beautiful nine-tailed fox narrows its eyes and opens its mouth around her head.

"You little thing, how did you get in here?! Can't you watch where you're going? You landed on my tail!"

[Villain's Moonlight and the Childhood Friend Who Dies Young]

After Luo Xiangli dies, she transmigrates into the world of cultivation. When she returns, she discovers that her original world was a book, and the story has already reached its ending.

Her childhood sweetheart was the heroine's cherished first love. Because of that, he was bullied until he became a sick, obsessive villain, and in this life he's confined to a wheelchair.

Luo Xiangli: Damn it. My fists are clenched.

< Other worlds to be decided *^_^* >

Theme: With something to long for in your heart, nothing is impossible.