After Moving in With My Ex-Boyfriend

New book, Summer Night's Pale Glow: a sweet marriage-first, love-later story, updating now. Please add my upcoming books Late Marriage and Spoiled Into Marriage to your reading list! - #Rekindled Romance / Reunited After Years Apart / Says One Thing, Means Another A new CEO was parachuted into the group. Rumor had it he was refined and elegant, with an exceptional bearing and features so perfect they looked like Nuwa had been showing off. Before he had even arrived, he had already been dubbed the company's most handsome man. Jiang Xiaoqiu hadn't thought much of it. Not until she discovered that the new boss was her ex-boyfriend, whom she'd broken up with six years ago. When they met again, the man had shed his youthful awkwardness. In his suit, his gaze was cool and distant. He cast her a faint glance. As if they had never known each other. Just as Jiang Xiaoqiu thought they would keep their distance and go about their own lives, the man became her roommate. - Under the same roof, Shen Yanhuai maintained his usual aloof reserve, yet seemed unusually attentive to Jiang Xiaoqiu's affairs. She came home late at night, and the man stood alone at the entrance to the residential compound, looking thin and frail. He said he was going out for a midnight snack, but turned around and went home with her. When she suddenly came down with acute gastroenteritis, he drove back from a neighboring city in the middle of the night. He said he had an urgent matter to handle, but stubbornly picked her up and took her to the hospital. One night, Jiang Xiaoqiu went to the living room for a drink of water. To her surprise, the man, who was leaving on a business trip the next morning, was still busy in the kitchen. She asked him about it, and Shen Yanhuai explained nonchalantly. "Making something to eat." The next day, Jiang Xiaoqiu found the fridge full of food, along with a note the man had left behind. "Roommate perks." "Eat properly." - At a dinner gathering, everyone played Truth or Dare. Someone asked Shen Yanhuai, "When was the last time you fell for someone?" The man was silent for a long time, then chose to drink. After everyone left, Shen Yanhuai tried to help a drunk Jiang Xiaoqiu home, but she grabbed his tie and pulled him down. He braced himself against the sofa so he wouldn't fall on top of her. In the hazy light, he heard her ask, "When was the last time you fell for someone, really?" Looking at her red lips, so close to his, he let out a soft sigh. "Just now." - *A beauty who loves making money and is a sucker for handsome faces x a cool, self-possessed industry big shot *They reunite right from the start; a slow-burn, everyday-life sweet romance *Both each other's first love, both devoted to one another; a sweet, pampering romance --Please add my upcoming book, Summer Night's Pale Glow, to your reading list!-- #Marriage First, Love Later x Marriage by Agreement x □□ Qin Yining secretly married a man she had met only twice. He was Shen Qingshi, head of the wealthy Shen family in Shanghai, and was rumored to be cold-tempered and ruthless. It was said that Qin Yining, who came from an ordinary background, had caught the eye of the Shen family because its elders liked her birth date and time. They agreed to a two-year marriage, after which they would go their separate ways. Qin Yining didn't care much. She was after the man's money. After they married, the two met six times a month on a set schedule, communicating intimately and satisfying each other's needs. With a handsome, rich secret husband who was exceptionally capable in certain areas, Qin Yining was quite satisfied. Things changed when Qin Yining opened a branch of her fresh-fruit shop chain right below Shen Qingshi's company's headquarters. For a whole week, the afternoon tea sent to the secretary's office consisted of fruit bowls. And the flavors seemed familiar. Shen Qingshi asked about it. His assistant replied, "A new fruit shop opened downstairs. The owner is beautiful, with a sweet voice, and her fruit bowls are amazing." He added unnecessarily, "I hear the owner is single, and quite a few male colleagues are eager to make a move." Shen Qingshi went to see for himself and discovered that the shop owner who claimed to be single was the very woman who had been whispering sweet nothings with him the night before. When he arrived, Qin Yining was giving her number to another man. Her voice was gentle and sweet. "We only have a limited number of fruit bowls, so call ahead to reserve one, darling." That night, Shen Qingshi, usually so restrained and composed, seemed like a different person. He bent down again and again, whispering in the woman's ear. "Good girl, call me 'darling.'" When their friends heard Shen Qingshi had married on a whim, they were all curious about what Mrs. Shen was like. What kind of woman could make the eldest Shen heir bend to her will? Shen Qingshi's voice was cool, and he dismissed the matter casually. "Clingy and fussy." Everyone understood: he meant he wasn't particularly interested. That was, until a video began circulating online. The beautiful livestreamer Qin Yining had traveled deep into the mountains to help local farmers. In the livestream, a familiar figure flashed past in the sweltering fruit orchard. Shen Qingshi hurried to Qin Yining's side, holding up a finger he had cut. "Wife, it hurts. Kiss it better." Only then did everyone realize: It turned out that when he called someone "clingy and fussy," he was talking about himself. If you're interested, please add it to your reading list! Theme: Be brave in pursuing love, and work hard at life