A Hot Summer Wedding

A marriage of convenience turned Wen Yanran's ten-year unrequited love into reality.

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Before the wedding

When Shen Tingshu proposed marriage, Wen Yanran was stunned for a moment.

"If this counts as a proposal, can I ask why you chose me?" she asked bluntly.

Shen Tingshu looked at her as he answered, his ink-dark eyes calm as still water. "Of all the people I was introduced to, you were the quietest. I don't talk much myself, and I don't want a talkative partner."

His answer was as cool and rational as ever, as if he were solving a problem and choosing the optimal solution.

At his words, Wen Yanran gave a bitter smile.

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After the wedding

Shen Tingshu said solemnly, "Did you know that if Earth were 108 million kilometers from the Sun, it would probably be like Venus is today, with a surface temperature of 464 degrees Celsius, making life impossible?"

Wen Yanran looked at him, utterly puzzled.

Shen Tingshu continued, "If Earth were 778 million kilometers from the Sun, it would probably be like Jupiter is today, a gas giant incapable of supporting life."

Wen Yanran asked, confused, "What are you trying to say?"

Shen Tingshu said, "But Earth is just the right distance from the Sun, 150 million kilometers."

Wen Yanran said, "So, just right?"

Shen Tingshu nodded. "Yes, just right."

"There are eight billion people on Earth, and I just happened to meet you," he said.

Wen Yanran: "..."

*Reunion after a long separation, unrequited love fulfilled, marriage before love

*Cool-headed, self-controlled physics researcher x sensitive, socially anxious illustrator

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Blurb:

During the summer vacation after first grade, Grandpa brought home a strange teenage boy he'd found by the river.

The boy wore oversized clothes that didn't fit him. With a cold expression, he stood there in silence.

Grandpa told Yan Qi to call the boy Uncle.

Back then, Yan Qi spoke without thinking: "My uncle's been dead for ages."

The boy remained expressionless after hearing her words, but Grandpa's eyes filled with tears first.

During the summer vacation before her first year of high school, Yan Qi was sent back to her hometown by her parents as usual.

But when she got there, she learned that her little uncle was the famous heir to the Song Group. He had returned to the Song family not long ago and reclaimed his place in the family.

From then on, her little uncle would no longer be called Yan Qinian. He would be called Song Qinian.

Looking at Grandpa sitting in a bamboo chair, looking as if his soul had left his body, Yan Qi sighed sadly too.

She'd planned to catch fish and pick lotus pods in the river this summer, but without her little uncle to row the boat, that dream had gone up in smoke.

Later, when Yan Qi went to university, her little uncle kept finding all sorts of excuses to visit her on campus.

Song Qinian would arrive with something in his hands, and his first words were always, "Why aren't you greeting me?"

Since Song Qinian really had been her elder for several years, Yan Qi would reluctantly call him, "Little Uncle."

"Grandpa told me to give this to you." Song Qinian handed her a bag of dried sweet potatoes.

Yan Qi took them, wondering why Grandpa had suddenly become so nice to her, bringing her snacks all the time.

*Years rush by. Some people follow the rules, while others plot to cross the line.

*Happy ending / male unrequited love / seven-year age gap / slow pursuit / slow-burn everyday romance

*At first, the heroine sees the hero only as a childhood friend. He is very patient, luring her little by little into the "love trap" he's set for her.

Theme: Love is eternal