Winter's Embrace

Workplace Newbie x Expert Mentor

Divorce-to-Love | Workplace Reality Show | One Secret Identity After Another

1.

After mistaking Qin Muchuan for cheating, Wen Weixia proposed a divorce without hesitation, ending their ridiculous marriage of convenience. From then on, they went their separate ways and became complete strangers.

Hoping to start her life over, Wen Weixia signed up for the hottest workplace competition reality show of the moment, The Wind-Riding Us.

Every one of her fellow competitors was a workaholic powerhouse.

They had more than a dozen internships at major corporations, degrees from top universities ranked in the QS top 50, and more...

In the end, only two people would receive full-time job offers.

With no work experience, she struggled at every turn. She was even branded a "pretty but brainless vase," becoming a laughingstock across the internet.

After placing last in the first round, she was assigned a mysterious mentor.

Word was that this mentor was cool and aloof, kept everyone at arm's length, and was even feared by the other mentors.

At their first meeting, her nervousness vanished, replaced by utter bewilderment.

No, could someone tell her why the mysterious mentor was Qin Muchuan?!

2.

An ex-couple turned mentor and apprentice: bizarre and inexplicable.

Wen Weixia officially began her internship, constantly trying to keep her secret identity under wraps.

Stay cool.

Avoid eye contact.

Disagree and bicker from time to time.

After putting this into practice, Wen Weixia and Qin Muchuan became the "least harmonious" mentor-apprentice pair in the audience's eyes. Some people even created a fan forum called "Have Qin and Wen Split Up Today?" and checked in every day.

But no matter how carefully they guarded against it, an accident still happened.

A reporter exposed photos of them coming and going together, and Wen Weixia could no longer keep her secret identity hidden.

Netizen 1: "Oh my god, finding sweetness among the glass shards, does anyone get it?!"

Netizen 2: "I knew Qin and Wen were real! The most restrained love is often the truest. Get married tomorrow!"

Wen Weixia, whose Weibo comments had been overrun: Thanks, but how do I tell everyone that the sugar you're shipping is expired? Asking here, and it's kind of urgent.

Just as she was about to issue a statement explaining that she and Qin Muchuan had divorced long ago, a notification popped up saying someone had mentioned her.

Qin Muchuan: "Working hard to win my wife back. @Wen Weixia"

Reader's Guide:

1. Set against a workplace reality show at a foreign fast-moving consumer goods company, with a large supporting cast.

2. The male lead's alleged cheating is a misunderstanding. He is very principled and faithful in both body and heart.

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[Next book: Getting Married First, Coming Up Soon. Please add it to your shelves!]

Shy, guileless, honest girl x Max-Level Flirtatious Demon-Hunk

Marriage First, Love Later / Opposites Attract / Size Difference / Service-Oriented Male Lead / Male Lead Acts Like the Third Wheel in His Own Marriage

1.

Jin Lin was one of the most ordinary and honest girls in the world.

She followed the path her parents had planned for her, passed the civil service exam after graduation, and was about to marry Wei Wen, her childhood friend who knew her inside and out. She expected to spend her life supporting her husband and raising children.

But then she ran into the most melodramatic situation in the world:

Her fiance ran away from the wedding.

And even recommended a new husband for her.

On the phone, Wei Wen said earnestly, "We're just comrades, so how could we get married? Don't worry, I've found someone for you: 190 centimeters tall, broad as a wardrobe, so pure he practically drips innocence. He's perfect for you."

To escape gossip and endless blind dates, Jin Lin married the man Wei Wen had recommended.

The man's name was Song Liyu. He was Wei Wen's college friend, 190 centimeters tall, with a chiseled face and perfect abs and a V-line. She was very satisfied with him, not only because of his good looks and clean romantic history, but also because he had politely and considerately handed her a medical checkup report the day they met.

The only problem was that his sex drive was too high, and after they married, Jin Lin often couldn't keep up.

He was always acting coy and asking for kisses, biting his clothes and asking her to touch his abs, and coaxing her with tender looks. Yet he never seemed willing to stop. Every time afterward, he would ask her exactly how she felt and whether she was satisfied.

Jin Lin thought nobody was perfect. Compared with bad behavior like cheating, an insatiable sex drive was something she could put up with. But his possessiveness kept growing, until he seemed to want to tie her to his side.

"Baby, you only said 'I love you' seven times today."

"Baby, you didn't kiss me when you left. Are you going to stop loving me?"

2.

Song Liyu had been the center of attention from the day he was born.

The club he belonged to was packed every year, and his elective classes were always full. Despite being such a star, he fell for his friend Wei Wen's girlfriend.

Jin Lin spoke softly and sweetly during video calls. The one time he met her in person at a gathering, she was even more obedient and beautiful than she looked on screen.

Watching Wei Wen interact with her, Song Liyu grew darker and darker inside. But his feelings could never see the light of day. He had to rack his brains and tread carefully just to exchange a few words with her, then savor them for ages.

Until one day, Wei Wen called out his shameful feelings.

After learning that they had broken up, Song Liyu spent the whole night in the cold wind, coming to terms with the fact that he had "interfered in someone else's relationship." Early the next morning, he stood before Jin Lin with a bouquet of flowers.

Since he had stolen her away, he might as well see it through to the end.

*Female lead's perspective: Marriage first, love later

*Male lead's perspective: The story of a homewrecker rising to the top

Theme: Keep striving, and never give up.