[Gentle beauty x heaven's favored son]
Lu Jiangnan was twenty-four when she married Tan He.
At the wedding, she overheard people whispering that the match was ill-suited. Lu Jiangnan couldn't agree more. That night, she took the initiative and told Tan He, "Don't worry. I won't try anything with you. This is a marriage in name only, with no real relationship. I understand."
She wanted to clear the air and save them both the awkwardness. Lu Jiangnan figured Tan He would be glad she said it. He'd been forced into this, after all. This was for the best.
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Lu Jiangnan was brought to the Tan household when she was eight. It had all been an unfortunate mix-up. The Tan family hadn't wanted to take in a girl from some remote mountain village, but they couldn't exactly send her back.
So Lu Jiangnan grew up in the Tan household. She never forgot that she was an outsider. Whenever it came to Tan He, the true darling of the heavens, she would lower her eyes and agree to all his demands without question, until he was sent abroad during his first year of high school.
By the time he returned, Lu Jiangnan had graduated from university. Years apart had turned them into little more than strangers who happened to know each other, and whenever they met, they had nothing to say.
So how had she ended up marrying him? Lu Jiangnan lay flat on the bed, her head throbbing.
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On the third day of their marriage, someone stopped Lu Jiangnan outside her office just after she got off work.
"Mom and Dad asked you to come home for dinner with us."
Tan He wore a long, dark coat. Tall and long-legged, he looked down at her and spoke in an even voice.
Lu Jiangnan looked up in confusion, unused to it. "...Mom and Dad?"
"Yeah." The refined, upright man bent slightly to meet her gaze. "We're married now. Shouldn't you call them Mom and Dad?"
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Marriage first, love later.
A sweet, mutually doting everyday romance.
One-on-one, both leads are each other's first and only.
Theme: Bravely pursue your dreams.
