A Marriage Made True

[Marriage First, Love Later] [Age Gap] [A Powerful Beijing Socialite x A Frail Beauty]

[Marriage First, Love Later from the heroine's perspective; Love at First Sight from the hero's perspective]

Bai Zhengyuan was the Meng family's adopted daughter, part of Beijing's elite. She had lived under someone else's roof since childhood, so it was easy to imagine how hard her life had been.

On the eve of her twentieth birthday, she accidentally overheard a secret and broke into a cold sweat. Her adoptive parents planned to marry her off to the Tao family's young master, making her take her elder sister's place in an arranged marriage.

Everyone knew that young Master Tao was a degenerate who drank, womanized, and gambled. How could she marry him?

With nowhere else to turn, Bai Zhengyuan fixed her gaze on the refined, distinguished man at the center of the crowd.

Summoning her courage, she explained why she had come. The man glanced at her coolly and asked in his deep, magnetic voice, "If you don't mind me asking, Miss Bai, why did you choose me out of all these people?"

Their eyes met, and Bai Zhengyuan's breathing suddenly turned unsteady. Stammering, she said, "Because, because I think... you're a good person."

Xie Yiru couldn't help giving a low laugh. That was the first time in his life anyone had called him a good person.

*

After their secret marriage, Xie Yiru, who had always been willing to sacrifice himself for work, made a complete change and started keeping strictly to a nine-to-five schedule. His friends were baffled and decided to investigate.

Late one night, a group of them raided the Xie residence. The sight before them left them gasping.

The man renowned in their circle for his ruthless methods was on one knee, holding a pair of fluffy slippers in one hand and the young woman's soft, pale ankle in the other. In a low voice, he coaxed her, "Be good and put your slippers on. You don't want to catch a chill."

*

As the heir apparent to the Xie family, Xie Yiru had held himself to strict standards for years, making the family's prosperity his responsibility. He had never considered his own romantic life, and was still alone well past thirty.

It took one glimpse of a woman at Lingyun Temple for him to realize he was no longer young. He forced himself to put his feelings away and acted aloof during their repeated chance encounters. He never expected the young woman to come to him one day and ask, "Will you marry me?"

A year later, when Bai Zhengyuan proposed ending things, the tall man wrapped her tightly in his arms. He let out a helpless sigh by her ear. "You say you're not good enough for me, but do you know I fell in love with you at first sight? Every moment, I was tormented, holding back because of our age difference..."

Theme: Believe in love