Revenge Romance

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[Marriage Before Love / Five-Year Age Gap]

Renowned fashion blogger Lin Zhenyi is bright and alluring in appearance, pampered yet humble toward others. Her expertise has made her famous, and her popularity rivals that of top-tier star actresses.

Zhang Xinglin, lead singer of a top-tier band, has both good looks and talent. His rebellious nature and clear, resonant voice have won him countless fans.

No one knows that Lin Zhenyi has secretly loved him for years. Calling each other brother and sister makes it easy for her to hide her feelings. By a twist of fate, they lose themselves in the moment and spend one wild night together. Their relationship changes overnight, and they become husband and wife in the eyes of the law.

Before long, a ring appears on Zhang Xinglin's left ring finger.

From then on, he sets the record straight about all the rumors he once couldn't be bothered to address, and after every performance, he heads straight for the woman waiting in the shadows.

He has always believed he was the first to fall in love, and has been trying every way he can to make her fall for him.

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Lin Zhenyi cannot say exactly when she began to love Zhang Xinglin in secret. Everything about him and the band HOPE is etched in her heart.

She is confident enough never to give herself away, but she buries her love deep inside. It is his uniquely attentive care for her that gives her feelings away.

That night, he pins her against the edge of the bed, raining kisses upon her. In a low, husky voice, he asks, "If I hadn't found out, were you planning to keep it from me for the rest of your life?"

A moment later, before she can come to her senses, the words he has been waiting for an opportunity to say finally leave his lips: "Isn't it time you started calling me your husband?"

Later, Zhang Xinglin makes another public announcement at his first major solo concert.

"I told you, Zhenzhen really isn't my girlfriend."

Then he takes two red marriage certificates from the inner pocket of his coat.

"She's my wife, the kind protected by law."

After a moment of silence, the screams from the audience crash over them like a raging sea.

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The heroine's perspective is secret love come true; the hero's perspective is marriage before love.

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Temporary Residence

[Heroine's Growth / Three-Year Age Gap / Love at First Sight, Yet Long in the Making]

2004, southern China.

Lin Zhenyi experiences a warm winter for the first time. Listening to the bustle and noise below her short-term rental, she recalls her parents' parting advice and wonders how she will make a life for herself in this city.

She wanders around like a headless fly, remembering the shopkeeper on the street corner saying, "There's a landlord nearby whose surname is Zhou. He's pretty easy to talk to."

Lin Zhenyi finds the tallest apartment building and sees a tall, straight figure below. She never imagines that one day this figure will be etched clearly into her heart.

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Zhou Yu has grown up in this city, naturally learning the local language. The cultural differences around him create an innate barrier. He fits in here, but never feels that he belongs.

The neighbors' most common judgment of him is that he has money but no heart.

But later, he discovers that he cannot bear to leave this place.

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Their first meeting: a tenant and the landlord's son.

Their second meeting: Zhou Yu rescues Lin Zhenyi from trouble.

In the end, the turning wheels of an era bring fate to make their parallel paths cross.

Theme: Love will always be answered.