Cherished After Marriage

1.

On the day she agreed to an arranged marriage, Jiang Ning went drinking with her best friend at a bar. As the alcohol went to her head, she spotted a tall, handsome, sexy man standing beneath the lights.

In a tipsy daze, she walked up to him and asked quite politely, "I'd like to kiss you. May I?"

The man gave her an inscrutable look and chuckled. "Sure. Kiss me wherever you like."

But at the last moment, he turned his head away.

At her wedding, Jiang Ning met her bargain-bin husband for the first time.

The man was distinguished and aloof, with a powerful presence, completely different from the alluring figure she'd seen at the bar.

Mortified, she didn't know how to react. She stared blankly as he walked up to her, a smile playing at his lips. "Mrs. Ji, shall we begin our wedding?"

2.

On their wedding night, she tried to reason with her husband. "Um... Mr. Ji, I had no choice but to marry you. Given our past acquaintance, how about we part amicably after a year?"

Ji Mingting raised his eyes and glanced over her pretty face, then gave a casual, mocking laugh. "No."

Jiang Ning: "A year is a little long, actually. How about... six months?"

Ji Mingting: "In your dreams!"

When negotiations failed, Jiang Ning angrily retorted, "Then how long do you say?"

Ji Mingting curled his lips and lazily tossed out, "In our next life!"

Jiang Ning: "?"

3.

Everyone knew that Ji Mingting, CEO of Chuanghe, was always stern and decisive, ruthless in business.

Yet someone once caught the cold, imposing man bending his head to softly coax the person in his arms. "Are your legs sore? Should I massage them for you when we get home?"

It turned out that even a man as cold as him had a tender side.

Only Ji Mingting knew how hard he'd worked to make his way to her side.

A devoted CEO who's been plotting for ages and has plenty of tricks up his sleeve x a beautiful heiress and florist.

Each other's first love, marriage first and love later, secret pining from him, mutual healing.

Coming soon: Heart-Fluttering Flash Marriage, a sweet marriage-first, love-later story. Blurb:

1.

Zhuang Ke'in had just changed jobs and returned home to visit her parents when she unexpectedly "picked up" a bargain husband right outside their door.

Tall and graceful, with refined features and an elegant face that made her heart flutter.

After sneaking a few glances, she asked without thinking, "Sir, have you... been thinking about getting married lately?"

Shen Huan looked at the lovestruck woman in front of him, chuckled, and replied unhurriedly, "As a matter of fact, I'm looking for a wife."

2. The two agreed to a few rules: a one-year trial marriage, and if they weren't a good match, they would go their separate ways.

Zhuang Ke'in thought he was also just trying to deal with his family pressuring him to marry. They were both getting what they wanted.

But when she returned to Zecheng, she discovered that her bargain husband was the CEO of the company she'd just joined!

Outside the civil affairs bureau, she began to have second thoughts.

"Um, Mr. Shen, I've thought it over carefully. Maybe it's too soon for us to get married. Let's work together another time!"

She'd just taken a step when she heard his low, emotionless voice behind her. "The penalty for breaking the agreement is ten million. Remember to pay up, Ms. Zhuang."

After taking a deep breath, Zhuang Ke'in turned around with a bright smile. "Oh, what lovely weather today! It's the perfect day to get our marriage license!"

3. The CEO's flash marriage sent shockwaves through the whole company, but no one knew who the CEO's wife was.

Some colleagues speculated that the boss had never brought his wife to the office, despite being married for so long, so it must have been a business arrangement. They probably had no feelings for each other.

That was until the company annual party. Everyone watched the big boss walk over to the Human Resources table, raise a hand to touch the face of someone who was trying to duck beneath it, and ask with a frown, "Am I really that embarrassing?"

"..."

Everyone: Was that aggrieved tone really coming from their usually decisive and forceful boss?

A lively, chatty, sweet young supervisor x a seemingly refined but secretly sulky big boss

Theme: Believe in love, and cherish it.