Tower of Babel

Completed marriage-before-love romances: The Tangle of Mist and A Lifetime of Love. Extra sweet, give them a try! Ongoing: The Polar Night Approaches. Please add it to your collection.

★ Gentle, self-reliant mute painter x rebellious, devoted young master from a wealthy family | Marriage before love | The heroine’s secret crush comes true

Everyone in Fancheng knew that Qin Mu was exceptionally talented and handsome, with a pair of flirtatious eyes that had countless girls swooning. Unfortunately, he was unruly and headstrong, did whatever he pleased, and had no intention of settling down.

At his birthday banquet, Qin’s father introduced a special guest, hoping to arrange a match for his eldest son. But Qin Mu had brought a guest of his own. With an easy smile, he courteously led the girl hidden behind him to his side.

“Father, there’s no need to worry. I already have a wife.”

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Everyone in their social circle said Qin Mu was far too polite to Gu Xuying. She was nothing but a pretty shield for Qin Mu, who fought for power at home and lived a wild life outside.

“So what if he married her? She’s just a little mute.”

Only after everyone had finished speaking did they notice Qin Mu standing behind them, eyes cold, fingers tapping lightly on the table.

“Apologize to my wife. Now.”

When everyone fell silent, he turned to Gu Xuying and whispered a pleading question in her ear. “Xuxu, can I please not sleep on the sofa tonight?”

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Qin Mu always thought his wife was a little hard to pursue.

Only Gu Xuying knew that she had fallen for him the first time she saw him on campus.

Onstage, Qin Mu spoke with the cool detachment of jade veiled in mist, as if he had no connection to anyone or anything.

But when he came offstage, he used one hand to block a basketball flying toward her, then bent down slightly and casually brushed the willow fluff from her hair.

After hesitating for a long time, Gu Xuying finally found a way to learn Qin Mu’s name and address.

But the painting she had spent a month creating was like an insignificant pebble tossed into a silent ocean.

It wasn’t until many years later that she met Qin Mu again.

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Legend has it that humanity once built the Tower of Babel to reach the heavens, but the project failed because people spoke different languages and could not communicate. But Gu Xuying couldn’t even get as far as the language barrier.

Because she couldn’t speak.

“Don’t be afraid. I can build the Tower of Babel. I can understand you.”, Qin Mu

Notes:

1. Rebellious, devoted young master from a wealthy family x gentle, self-reliant mute painter. The heroine is 23, and the hero is 27.

2. The heroine is mute, but not from birth. She can mostly recover by the middle-to-late part of the story.

3. They are each other’s first love.

4. All city names are fictional.

★, Blurb for The Polar Night Approaches, ★

Marriage before love between strangers | Sweet romance

Capable, cool-headed ocean-going sailor x mature, reserved research station director

In her four years on the job, Bai Hemian was urged to get married a total of 108 times.

By the fifth year, her mother had finally lost patience and arranged several blind dates for her. She even used the trendy phrase “marriage before love.”

“Feelings can grow. Your work is so unusual, and you’re never home. If you don’t get married while you’re young, what will you do later?”

Bai Hemian married her third blind date, Song Zhenhong, simply because he checked the right boxes, was handsome and easy on the eyes, and was also a victim of marriage pressure.

When they met, they introduced their jobs. At her mother’s urging, Bai Hemian had to be vague:

“I’m a transport equipment mechanic.” Like someone who repairs high-speed trains in the city.

He answered, “I’m a space physics observer.” Like someone at the Nanshan Observatory on the outskirts.

They hit it off, promptly married, and gave their respective parents an answer.

Half a month later.

Song Zhenhong received a mission first and left town on a work trip for “a few days.” Bai Hemian followed soon after.

Aboard the research vessel bound for the Arctic, Song Zhenhong was holding a photo and talking with his crewmates about his wife at home when he saw Bai Hemian.

The next second, Bai Hemian was introducing herself to someone else as an ocean-going sailor aboard the ship, newly married, with her husband at home.

Late that night.

Bai Hemian snuck into his room to confront Song Zhenhong.

Song Zhenhong replied calmly, “I really am a space physics observer. I’m the winter-over station director, responsible for observing the aurora during the Arctic polar night.”

Bai Hemian answered without a hint of guilt, “I really am a transport equipment mechanic. I’m an engine officer. I repair ships.”

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When the polar night falls, death is forbidden in Svalbard, but love is not.

Theme: Sincere love can heal them both.