Lost in Love After Marriage

Classical beauty x business tycoon // qipao designer x CEO

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Everyone in Hong Kong's social circles knew the Wen family had an only daughter. Wen Ting was as beautiful as jade, gentle and graceful, and had been engaged to the Han family's son from a young age. She only had to finish her studies and return home to marry him. But on the eve of the wedding, Wen Ting discovered that her fiance, Han Ting, was cheating. She broke up with him without hesitation, called off the wedding, and traveled to Italy alone.

Unexpectedly, a group of foreigners set their sights on Wen Ting while she was alone. At the critical moment, a tall, slender man in a long black trench coat stepped in front of her. "Don't be afraid."

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After the engagement was called off, the Wen and Han families fell out. The Wen family lost its financial backing, and its business teetered on the brink of collapse. Just as everyone was waiting to see them make a fool of themselves, someone offered Wen Ting a hand. "Marry me, and I can help you." It was Xie Jingheng, the second son of the Xie family, known to everyone in Hong Kong's social circles. Wen Ting had thought that a fleeting glance abroad meant they would never meet again. She never expected him to become her husband.

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Everyone said that the second master of the Xie family, Xie Jingheng, was refined and restrained, surrounded by admirers but never moved by any of them. Some even suspected that he liked men.

That was until the Xie Group, which had never ventured into real estate, suddenly paid double the asking price for a plot of land, making the news.

In the interview video, the usually stern man wore a rare smile. A diamond wedding band glimmered on the ring finger of his left hand as he held the microphone, making him seem even more restrained. "No particular reason. My wife likes sunflowers, so I bought it for her to plant flowers."

Everyone: "..."

Bonus Scene:

After they married, Wen Ting accidentally discovered that Xie Jingheng had a woman he secretly loved. Unable to bear coming between them, she offered to sleep in a separate room. To her surprise, Second Master Xie, who ruled the business world outside, hugged a quilt and pouted. "Tingting, I'm afraid of the dark..."

#The first time I saw you, we were at a family gathering as children. The song you played found its way into my heart.

#The second time I saw you, you were cornered by bad men, helpless and frightened, looking at me with doe-like eyes.

#The third time I saw you, I took you to register our marriage.

Every step closer to you was something I had planned for a long time.

"I've seen galaxies spread across the sky, but you're the only star I love."

Reader's Guide:

The heroine falls in love after marriage. The hero's secret love finally comes true, after years of careful planning.

The rumor about the hero's secret love is false.

He has only ever loved the heroine, in body and soul.

The heroine has a nominal engagement. Both leads have only ever been with each other.

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Blurb captured on 2022.12.23

Living-under-the-same-roof trope / 7-year age gap / marriage first, love later

Good girl x man in power

1. Lu Zhiyuan was only fifteen when she was brought to the Meng family. The young girl was exceptionally pretty, with a radiant face, and according to an agreement made by their grandparents, she was engaged to Meng Nanzhou.

Meng Nanzhou relied on his status as the eldest grandson to do as he pleased, often playing pranks on her. When he went too far, Lu Zhiyuan had no choice but to complain to Meng Yubai. "Little Uncle, Nanzhou's bullying me again."

Meng Yubai was mature for his age and never joined in when the younger ones played around. But whenever Lu Zhiyuan was bullied, he would step in to make things right. "Yuanyuan, come here to Little Uncle."

Meng Nanzhou would fall silent, too scared to make a sound.

2. On the eve of Lu Zhiyuan's graduation, the whole family had dinner together. Even Meng Yubai, who was always busy, came home early. During the meal, the old master suggested that Meng Nanzhou and Lu Zhiyuan register their marriage as soon as possible, to tie down the playboy. After dinner, Lu Zhiyuan took a pair of scissors, summoned her courage, and knocked on Meng Yubai's door.

3. Meng Yubai was a rising star in the business world and the new head of the Meng family. Mysterious and low-key, he was stern and old-fashioned, with eyes only for profit and no interest in anything else, especially women. But lately, rumors had begun to circulate that he was married.

At a high-society banquet, Meng Yubai made a showy entrance with a female companion. The hearts of the wealthy young women shattered. Someone in the know revealed that the girl was merely an adopted daughter living with the Meng family. She should call President Meng "Little Uncle." The young women whose dreams of marrying into a wealthy family had just been crushed regained their fighting spirit.

But in an empty corner of the banquet hall, the usually stern and old-fashioned tycoon was holding his "niece" close and kissing her intently, his eyes filled with tenderness.

"Yuanyuan, what do you call me?"

"Get it wrong once, and I'll punish you three times tonight."

[Bonus Scene]

Meng Nanzhou regretted everything and chased after Lu Zhiyuan's home through the pouring rain. When the wooden door opened, a tall, handsome man in a white robe stood in the doorway. Meng Nanzhou stared in surprise. "Little Uncle, what are you doing here? Where's Yuanyuan?"

The man leaned against the doorframe, his collar half-open and faintly revealing suggestive love bites. His voice was lazy. "Shh. Don't wake your little aunt. She's sleeping."

Only later did Lu Zhiyuan learn that Meng Yubai's usual refined aloofness had all been an act. From the moment he brought her home, an uncontrollable longing had begun to grow, stirring up the heart that had long been quiet.

#The iris he nurtured with his own hands was meant to be picked by him.

#Love is the hand that longs to touch, then draws back. - J. D. Salinger

Note: The hero has been in love with her for a long time; the heroine falls for him after marriage.

Both leads have only ever been with each other. Happy ending.

Theme: The person who loves you will always wait right where you left them.