Tenderness for the Mist

[Unconventional Marriage Before Love] [His Secret Crush Comes True]

Gentle and Refined x Sweet and Demure

Song Wu booked a mystery-flight ticket to get away and clear her head, and ended up in a small town in Jiangnan.

Beneath a covered walkway draped with curtains of rain, she met a man in a suit and trousers, as gentle as the Jiangnan rain. His long, pale hand offered her an umbrella. When he looked up, his eyes were distant, and his voice cool and mild. "It rains a lot in Jiangnan. Remember to bring an umbrella."

Life in the little town was peaceful. Song Wu went boating on the lake, painted and took photographs, and enjoyed tea on rainy days. Sometimes she even listened to Wen Ci'an play the pipa.

Heaven must have favorites. Otherwise, how could someone like Wen Ci'an exist, like the bright moon in the clouds?

But heaven could be cruel, too. Just as she was falling for him, she discovered that Wen Ci'an seemed to be getting engaged.

Song Wu booked a flight and left that very night, in a miserable state.

Back home, she still couldn't escape her family's relentless pressure to marry. Seeing her father lying in a hospital bed, she finally agreed to go on a blind date.

The first man was older than her, the second poorer, and the third was balding. Song Wu couldn't take it anymore. She swore she'd give it one last try, and that if it went badly, she'd rather stay single for life than go on another blind date.

As she idly counted the tender leaves floating in her teacup, wondering what kind of oddball mystery box the fourth man would turn out to be, the scent of Jiangnan's misty apricot blossoms drifted over. Wen Ci'an sat down across from her, refined and courteous.

Song Wu stared at him in shock. His features were exquisite and tender, and his smiling voice rang in her heart like jade pendants chiming against one another.

"Sorry I'm late."

"Song Wu, would you like to give us a try?"

The fourth mystery box seemed to be a pleasant surprise.

But what about the woman he was supposed to marry???

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For the first twenty-five years of his life, Wen Ci'an waited, not for Song Wu to look back, but only for her to be happy.

But when he saw Song Wu rush into the rain and cry, he decided to be her umbrella.

Song Wu always thought she'd end up alone. Later, Wen Ci'an showed her through his actions that he would cross a crowd to embrace her.

I always think I'll end up alone, yet I also always feel that someone is crossing the crowd to come toward me.

Richard Roper

A warm note from Wu Wu:

1. Both leads are virgins. The heroine has had an ex-boyfriend, but they were never intimate, and at most held hands.

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4. I hope this story warms your heart!

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Glamorous Little Princess x Cool, Refined CEO

Song Chenyu x Yu Mingzhi

Seven-year age gap + uncle and nephew fighting over the same woman + marriage before love

1. Yu Mingzhi was the little princess of the Yu family, one of Beilin's most elite families. She was born with skin like ice and jade, and beauty like a flower. Her parents doted on her as she grew up, and her brothers obeyed her every wish, cherishing her in the palms of their hands.

The Yu family's little princess was adored and dazzling, and rarely appeared in public. Yet even a single childhood photo had countless people falling at her feet.

Someone jeered, "So what if she's breathtakingly beautiful? She's still engaged to that playboy from the Song family, isn't she?"

2. Song Chenyu was the head of the Song family, part of Nancheng's upper crust. Handsome and refined, he was a noble young gentleman in everyone's eyes. But his methods were decisive and ruthless, keeping the Song family firmly at the top in Nancheng. He had never had a woman by his side, and no one had ever heard of him falling for anyone.

Then one day, while his family was discussing the childhood betrothal between Song Chenyu's nephew and the Yu family, Song Chenyu, who usually stayed out of such matters, suddenly spoke up. "I'll go ask for her hand."

3. Just as the Yu family was fretting over how to break off the engagement to that playboy, Song Chenyu arrived in a crisp suit with betrothal gifts worth a fortune. He addressed the Yu elders humbly. "I, Song Chenyu, have admired Miss Yu for a long time. I sincerely ask for her hand in marriage."

The Yu family: Aren't you here to ask for her on behalf of your nephew?

Song Chenyu chuckled, his eyes cool and clear as jade. In a respectful voice, he said something astonishing. "My nephew has a terrible reputation. I beg your pardon, but I would like to take his place."

[Little Bonus Scene]

After Yu Mingzhi and Song Chenyu married, he spoiled her like a little princess every day, even more than she had been pampered over the past twenty years.

Yu Mingzhi: "Song Chenyu, I want to see snow!"

In the height of summer, Song Chenyu built her a winter wonderland.

"Song Chenyu, I want cake!"

Song Chenyu got up in the middle of the night and followed a tutorial to make it for her.

"Song Chenyu, I want to sleep alone tonight!"

Song Chenyu carried Yu Mingzhi to bed and held her down, shaking his head with a soft laugh. "That one's not happening."

Song Chenyu had always lived by strict rules. Yu Mingzhi was the exception, the source of every possessive impulse he had.

Theme: Love makes people steadfast and confident.