A Damp Night

A playboy male lead chases his wife through hell, while the gentle second male lead wins her heart. Please read the content warnings in the author's note for Chapter One before deciding whether to read!

Cool, gentle male college student x bright, pampered heiress

Blurb:

Ever since Jiang Li was old enough to understand, her mother had taken every chance to tell her, "You and Shen Qingzhou, the younger son of the Shen family in Tongcheng, have an informal engagement. You like him too, so don't let another woman steal him away, all right?"

Whenever she heard this, Jiang Li wanted to say: Shen Qingzhou doesn't like girls like your daughter. He's always liked the delicate, vulnerable type.

But she had no intention of changing herself for Shen Qingzhou.

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The night Jiang Li met Lin Zhiqi, she had just learned that Shen Qingzhou had gotten himself another girlfriend.

Lin Zhiqi was lean and tall, with striking, handsome features and gentle, innocent eyes.

He stood in front of her with a cup of honey water.

"For the hangover," he said.

Jiang Li tilted the corners of her eyes and draped her arms around his shoulders. Her slender fingers traced his thin lips. "You're Shen Qingzhou's roommate, and I'm his fiancee. How about we do something interesting?"

As soon as she spoke, a blush quickly crept up behind Lin Zhiqi's ears. He pushed her away, looking distinctly uncomfortable. "Jiang Li, please have some self-respect."

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Shen Qingzhou took a break from his busy schedule to break up with his clingy girlfriend. He then decided to visit Jiang Li, but when he called, her line was busy. When he went to her dorm, her roommate said she had gone on a trip.

When he returned to his dorm, he discovered that Lin Zhiqi, who slept in the bed across from his, was also gone.

He suppressed his inexplicable unease and called Jiang Li over and over. At last, she answered in the evening.

"Jiangjiang, where are you? Should I come find you?"

In a seaside villa in Nancheng, Jiang Li swirled the red wine in her glass and glanced at Lin Zhiqi, who was silently watching her by the floor-to-ceiling window. Thinking of the possessive, restrained kiss he had given her just before she picked up, she smiled meaningfully. "I'm on my honeymoon."

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Content warnings:

1. Lin Zhiqi is the true male lead. He's never been involved with anyone and belongs only to the female lead.

2. Both leads are sexually inexperienced.

3. Romance and melodrama.

4. The reconciliation after their breakup is between Jiang Li and Lin Zhiqi.

5. Shen Qingzhou is a real jerk, with a lot of scenes early on. Lin Zhiqi's part gradually increases. If you can't accept that, enter with caution.

---Next novel: A Wedding Tonight

Marriage first, love later / Secret crush comes true / Two-year age gap / Male lead chases his wife through hell

Middle school teacher x elite-circle playboy

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In the year she turned twenty-five, Ji He married her high school crush.

She was a rule-abiding person who had never defied her parents, so it was only natural she'd fall for Lu Xunzhi, who had once been rebellious and free-spirited.

Someone told her, "Marrying Lu Xunzhi is like hitting the jackpot."

On their wedding night, Lu Xunzhi slept in the room next door, while Ji He slept alone in the master bedroom. This went on for two months, and she couldn't help doubting what that person had said.

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When he was young, Lu Xunzhi never let anyone control him. He did whatever he wanted, and when his family told him to go north, he insisted on going south.

The only time he ever listened to his parents was when he married Ji He.

He had a strange quirk: he could hardly bear sharing a bed with anyone.

But one night, he found his new wife sitting in the living room crying.

The next day, Ji He watched in surprise as Lu Xunzhi walked into the master bedroom carrying a pillow.

He patted her head and smiled. "I was afraid you'd cry."

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After that night, Ji He felt their marriage had taken a different turn, and in the days that followed, Lu Xunzhi treated her better and better.

He treated her so well that Ji He began to think he might have feelings for her after all.

But on the day of the Mid-Autumn family dinner, Ji He felt dizzy after drinking, so Lu Xunzhi carried her back to her room to rest. When she woke up and went out to the garden for some air, she accidentally overheard a conversation between Lu Xunzhi and his mother.

"Have you and Xiao Ji decided when you'll have a child?"

"Why have a child in a loveless marriage?" The man's voice was languid and cool. "If we get divorced one day, wouldn't a child just hold her back?"

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Lu Xunzhi noticed that Ji He had been much colder to him since the family dinner. While wondering what he'd done to upset her, he spotted the divorce papers in the study.

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Content warnings:

1. Both leads are sexually inexperienced. The female lead's secret crush comes true, while the male lead falls in love after marriage.

Theme: Stay true to yourself and love others openly.