Enchanted [Marriage Before Love]

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Li Yicheng has always been proper and sensible, but at the age of twenty-five, she proposed to a man she'd only met three times.

At the time, Zhou Weiqing was the famous heir to a major corporation: 190 centimeters tall, broad-shouldered, long-legged, handsome, and rich.

Marrying him would solve all her problems.

On the day she proposed, Li Yicheng was half-drunk. Dizzy and lightheaded, she threw herself into the man's broad chest.

Before she passed out, she remembered him throwing her out of the car.

But the next day, a message appeared on her phone.

Zhou Weiqing: When are we getting our marriage certificate?

Li Yicheng: ????

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According to rumors, Zhou Weiqing, heir to the Zhou Group, was uninterested in women, aloof and taciturn, and famous for his decisive, ruthless way of doing things.

When news of his marriage broke, everyone tried to guess which well-matched heiress he'd married. No one expected it to be the Li family's illegitimate daughter, the one they couldn't bring themselves to acknowledge.

Their friends knew it was a marriage of convenience, all for show. But when they saw the couple getting more and more invested, they couldn't help asking, “You wouldn't happen to have fallen for her, would you?”

Zhou Weiqing remained as cool and detached as ever. “We each get what we need. There's no love involved.”

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Halfway through their two-year contract, Li Yicheng unexpectedly found a divorce agreement for their prenuptial contract on Zhou Weiqing's tablet. Able to let go when she needed to, she decided to end things first, with dignity.

The night she brought up divorce, the prenuptial agreement was torn to shreds and scattered across the floor.

The normally composed and cold Zhou Weiqing seemed like a different person. His eyes bloodshot, he backed her step by step into the bedroom.

His long fingers undid her shirt buttons one by one. Grabbing her ankle, he leaned in and spoke in a hoarse voice:

“Yiyi, when did I ever give you the impression that we were going to get divorced?”

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[Bonus scene]

Li Yicheng hit a creative block at work. With no experience, she seriously discussed a technical question with Zhou Weiqing:

How to shoot an intimate scene between the male and female leads.

Zhou Weiqing walked straight over and swept her into his arms.

“Talking about it is pointless. I'll show you in person.”

Reading guide:

* Bright, quick-witted sweetheart vs. cold-faced, secretly flirtatious older man

* Short-form drama director and tech mogul

* Marriage first, love later | Four-year age gap | He falls first | Devoted caretaker | Both virgins

* Cat boyfriend and dog girlfriend: silver tabby Maine Coon vs. Maltese

* Everything is made up, with no real-life inspirations. Please don't read anything into it.

Theme: Love overcomes every obstacle.