Drowning in Marital Bliss

My next novel will be "A New Marriage on a Spring Night": two wealthy families, marriage before love, secret love made real. Blurb at the end!

★ Two wealthy families / marriage before love / aloof beauty brought down from her pedestal / six-year age gap

★ "Ill-tempered princess x gentle dragon"

Qiao Zhiyi had a stunning face and a famously spoiled, headstrong temper in their social circle.

The first time she met Shen Shu, she gave her unfiltered opinion:

"Mr. Shen is as cold as ice. His future wife will be very lucky."

She never imagined that three years later, she would become that "lucky" Mrs. Shen.

Among Beicheng's elite, Qiao Zhiyi and Shen Shu were polar opposites.

One was flamboyant to a fault, polished down to every strand of hair; the other was aloof and refined, wearing a chill expression toward everyone.

Standing together, they were the very picture of a mismatch.

Their friends in high society placed bets on how long this "paper marriage" would last.

The stakes kept rising, until even the couple themselves were tempted.

But instead of seeing Second Miss Qiao spend a fortune, people first caught Shen Shu, hailed as an "untouchable beauty," traveling all the way to Hengdian at all hours of the day and night.

He even brought jewelry he had bought at an astronomical price at an auction, all to persuade his wife to take him off her block list.

Later, when a nosy friend asked Qiao Zhiyi why she had blocked Shen Shu, she smiled leisurely. "Oh, I was annoyed that he didn't say good night to me."

Friend: "..." Wait, isn't Shen Shu practically ready to pluck the stars for you!

"A spoiled, troublemaking heiress x the doting leader of high society"

[Little Scene]

One day after they got married, Qiao Zhiyi got the urge to give Shen Shu a "partner compatibility test."

Mr. Shen scored an impressive 98 and was labeled an "ultimate love-struck fool."

Qiao Zhiyi stifled a laugh. Before she could comfort him, she saw him looking regretful as he said, "What a pity. I was so close to a perfect score."

Reading Guide:

1. One-on-one, both virgins, happy ending.

2. Written with wild abandon, with lots of personal liberties!

3. They consummate the marriage as soon as they get their marriage license. The male lead falls first, doesn't realize he's in love, and is completely head over heels! Pure fluff!

4. The female lead doesn't work in entertainment. Hengdian only features in one scene.

My next novel will be "A New Marriage on a Spring Night"

[Marriage before love | Secret love made real | Four-year age gap]

Beautiful heiress who gets away with everything x powerful man with an overwhelming possessive streak

Chen Shuangjian had always known she was engaged through a family arrangement to a childhood betrothed, as the cherished daughter of the Chen family.

She had never met him, but his playboy reputation had already spread to Hong Kong. A scandal about him "flying into a rage for a beauty" had become common knowledge, and many in their circle waited to see the young lady come to ruin.

But two months later, at a grand wedding on an island, the invited guests stared in disbelief:

Wait, wasn't Second Young Master Xie supposed to be a notorious playboy?

Wasn't this the reserved, unapproachable heir to the group, Xie Jingyun, the eldest son of the Xie family?

/

The Xie family of the capital was renowned, and Xie Jingyun, the eldest grandson of his generation, was a cut above his peers.

Cool and understated, with an iron will, he had risen to a high position while still young, clearing out corrupt officials along the way. No one could compare to him.

When he learned that his younger brother had missed his appointment with the Chen family's young lady because of a drunken night, Xie Jingyun had no choice but to go alone to preserve the relationship between their families.

But Chen Shuangjian mistook him for someone else. Before he could introduce himself, she thrust a divorce agreement at him and said coldly, "Let's end the engagement. It'll be better for both of us."

Without even glancing at the agreement, Xie Jingyun stopped in front of her and lowered his eyes. After recognizing her face for only a few seconds, he acted on an outrageous impulse.

"The engagement between the Chen and Xie families was arranged by our elders. If you aren't satisfied with this marriage prospect, there is another option."

Chen Shuangjian blinked. "What do you mean?"

The man raised his hand and covered the name that resembled his own, then drew his fingertip close to hers, right beside her name. "I mean, we can switch people."

/

After it came to light that the top-grade red diamond in their wedding ring had been acquired by Xie Jingyun two years earlier, people combined it with his words from back then and dubbed the marriage "pre-packaged love."

Even Chen Shuangjian herself began to have doubts. Driven by curiosity, she tried to find proof of her suspicions.

But she never expected to find a photograph from seven years ago on Xie Jingyun's computer.

The background showed a house swaying in the aftershocks of an earthquake. At the center of the frame, twenty-year-old Xie Jingyun was covered in injuries, battered and disheveled.

Chen Shuangjian recognized the unconscious girl on his back at once. It was her.

Later, she finally understood the poem he had deliberately hidden behind several layers of encryption inside a painting in his study:

"In every day and night you've forgotten me, there hasn't been a moment when I haven't thought of you."

[Beautiful, spoiled enchantress x tender, devoted, fatherly man]

Reading Guide:

1. Both virgins, happy ending.

2. Includes an amnesia plot.

Theme: Love life.