When Wen You turned twenty-two, her mother fell gravely ill.
With no savings at all, she had no choice but to accept her biological father's offer of help in exchange for going on a blind date with Wan Songnian.
At their first meeting, the man wore a sharp suit and a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, keeping time to the gentle strains of Yue opera.
Outside the window, a fine rain blurred the view. Inside, he looked especially refined and dignified.
"Mr. Wan, why are you going on blind dates?"
"I'm young, but I'm high in the family hierarchy. A whole group of younger relatives are waiting to get married, so the elders have started pressuring me. Do you have any reservations, Miss Wen?"
Wen You was perceptive enough to know he liked her.
"I don't have any reservations." After all, her mother was still waiting to be saved.
"It's just that my parents are divorced, and my circumstances aren't very good... Does Mr. Wan have any requirements for a partner?"
Wan Songnian smiled. "As long as she's obedient."
Wen You thought for a moment. "I'll be obedient."
So, each with their own motives, the two registered their marriage.
After the wedding, Wan Songnian was very busy. As it happened, Wen You had to care for her mother and prepare to graduate, so aside from their weekly marital duties, she rarely went home.
Then, at a banquet one day, Wan Songnian accidentally learned the real reason Wen You had married him.
"Youyou, is there anything you've been hiding from me?"
Wen You, busy writing her thesis, casually replied, "No."
Wan Songnian said nothing. That night, he held her by the waist and didn't stop until the early hours of the morning. Afterward... Wen You pouted and sent him to the study.
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The Wan family is one of the most prominent families in the capital, with businesses all over the world.
As the third-generation head of the family, Wan Songnian is decisive and ruthless in business, known as "a Buddha's face with a snake's heart."
At first, he married Wen You because she was beautiful, quiet, and obedient.
Later, it was simply because she was Wen You.
[Bonus Scene]
Wen You and Wan Songnian registered their marriage first, without holding a wedding.
After they fell in love, they finally completed the ceremony on the first day of snowfall.
"Mr. Wan, do you know where we'll end up if we walk hand in hand?"
Wan Songnian asked indulgently, "Where will we end up?"
Wen You tilted her head against his arm and said brightly, "We'll grow old together!"
[Blurb written on 2023-04-30, screenshot saved as proof]
Theme: Even if the right person has to transmigrate across mountains and seas, the two of you will still meet.