Softly, Slowly

My other novel, Falling in Love, is now underway. If you're interested, come check it out!

Lin Wei had only recently graduated when she was suddenly told she had a fiance five years her senior, a match supposedly arranged when they were children.

But apart from knowing his name, she knew nothing about him.

To avoid getting married, Lin Wei immediately packed her bags and fled to another city. But shortly after landing, she discovered her bank card had been frozen, and her phone had gone missing at some point. All she had left was her ID.

In an unfamiliar city, just as Lin Wei was at a loss, she met Yu Wenjing.

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Yu Wenjing was refined and courteous, and helped Lin Wei resolve every difficulty. He was the perfect person to confide in.

One night, after she'd had too much to drink, Lin Wei opened up to Yu Wenjing and told him she had come here to get away from a fiance she didn't even know.

Lin Wei said indignantly, "I'd rather pick a random guy off the street than marry him."

Yu Wenjing was silent for a moment, then asked, "Then why not consider me?"

Lin Wei agreed without a second thought. Only afterward did she remember to ask Yu Wenjing's name.

Yu Wenjing's voice held a hint of laughter. "I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Yu Wenjing."

Lin Wei: "...What a coincidence. Your name is the same as my fiance's."

Yu Wenjing's smile deepened. "It's no coincidence. I'm him."

Blurb for the next novel, Falling in Love:

Shen Wan, the third daughter of the Shen family, is a captivating beauty, able to make anyone's heart itch with just one look. Unfortunately, fate hasn't been kind to her. Her parents died when she was young, and she has no say in the Shen family.

So when the Shen and Liang families decide to form a business alliance through marriage, she is the first one they put forward.

Everyone in the capital knows that Young Master Liang spends all his time out and about, leaving a trail of broken hearts wherever he goes. He's a notorious playboy.

When word of the engagement spreads, plenty of young men from prominent families shake their heads in sympathy for Shen Wan.

After the wedding, Liang Rui doesn't change his ways. Even right in front of Shen Wan, he teases her with a carefree air. "It's a marriage of convenience. Whoever falls in love first loses. Right, honey?"

His last word is as brazen as it is suggestive.

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Liang Rui thinks he's simply following his family's wishes by marrying a pretty ornament. He has no need to invest any feelings.

Until he realizes that he cares more and more about what Shen Wan likes and what she thinks of him, and that he gets jealous when other men show her interest.

At last, at a banquet, he loses control when he sees another man put his hand on Shen Wan's shoulder.

Liang Rui looks at Shen Wan, his feelings repressed and resentful. "Shen Wan, you're already married to me. Stop getting so close to other men."

As if she'd heard a joke, Shen Wan curls her lips into a smile and gazes at Liang Rui.

She takes two steps forward and raises a hand, intimately straightening his collar. But her words are merciless: "Liang Rui, weren't you the one who said that in a marriage of convenience, whoever falls in love first loses?"

A bewitching beauty who knows how to reel them in × a playboy who learns to love

Theme: Sincerity