A Snowy Night in Kyoto

Marriage first, love later / A secret crush comes true / Two-year age gap / He chases his wife after losing her

Middle school teacher x Beijing socialite heir

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The year Ji He turned twenty-five, she married the person she'd secretly loved in high school.

She was a rule-abiding person, the good girl in her parents' eyes.

Her one act of rebellion was secretly falling for Lu Xunzhi, the unruly, free-spirited boy in her high school.

Someone said, "Marrying Lu Xunzhi is like hitting the jackpot."

On their wedding night, Lu Xunzhi slept in the guest room. He did the same for the next two months, and Ji He couldn't help wondering if that person had been wrong.

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When he was young, Lu Xunzhi never let anyone tell him what to do. He did whatever he wanted.

The only time he listened to his family was when he married Ji He.

He had an odd quirk: he couldn't stand sharing a bed with anyone.

But one night, he found Ji He sitting in the living room in tears.

The next day, Ji He watched in surprise as Lu Xunzhi carried a pillow into the master bedroom.

He rubbed her head and smiled. "I was afraid you'd cry."

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After that night, Ji He felt that their marriage had made a new turn, and Lu Xunzhi treated her better and better as time went on.

He was so good to her that Ji He started to think he might not be entirely without feelings for her.

Until the day of the family dinner, when she overheard Lu's mother talking to Lu Xunzhi.

"Have you and Xiao Ji thought about when you want to have children?"

"Why have a child in a marriage without love?" The man's voice was casual and distant. "If we get divorced one day, having a child would only hold her back."

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Lu Xunzhi noticed that Ji He had grown much colder toward him after the family dinner. While wondering what he'd done to upset her, he spotted a divorce agreement in the study.

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Content warnings:

1. Both leads have only been with each other. The heroine's perspective is a secret crush coming true; the hero's perspective is marriage first, love later.

2. If you dislike male characters who smoke, proceed with caution.

3. Neither lead is perfect, and both have their flaws. If that's not your thing, please don't come in just to insult them.

4. Updates daily at 10 p.m.

See the author's note in Chapter One for detailed content warnings.

My next book will be [Addicted to Marriage]

A true marriage-first, love-later story | The hero falls first during the marriage

Beijing tech-world rising star x gentle, ambitious designer

Six months after graduating from university, Miao Xia was brought back to the capital by her cold-blooded father, who forced her to go on a blind date with Jiang Siheng, the eldest son of the prestigious Jiang family.

She heard that Jiang Siheng was refined and charming, but in poor health and unlikely to live more than a few years. Once he was gone, the debt she owed would be paid off, and she'd be free again.

But on the day they were supposed to meet, the person waiting for Miao Xia in the restaurant was Jiang Sihuai, the Jiang family's second son.

He said the wedding would go ahead, but he would be the groom instead.

He was extremely handsome and looked healthy and full of life, as if he would live a long time.

Miao Xia wasn't willing and bluntly said she only wanted to marry his older brother.

Jiang Sihuai: "We can get divorced this time next year."

Miao Xia: "When can we get our marriage license?"

They hit it off and got married in a flash.

After the wedding, they were distant coworkers at the office, a loving couple at his family's home, and dutifully slept in separate rooms at night.

Miao Xia thought she could manage that for a year.

But one day, she drank too much at a company dinner and accidentally wandered into Jiang Sihuai's bedroom. The next morning, she woke up in his arms.

After that, she woke up in his arms every day.

A friend asked if they just slept under the same blanket and chatted.

Miao Xia blushed and shook her head. Not once.

Her friend nodded meaningfully. "At twenty-three, you're in the prime of your youth."

On their first wedding anniversary, Miao Xia handed Jiang Sihuai the divorce agreement she'd signed.

Jiang Sihuai told her to fulfill her marital duties for the day first.

"And then you'll sign the divorce papers, right?" Miao Xia asked in the brief moments when she could catch her breath.

Jiang Sihuai lowered his head and silenced her with a kiss, showing her through his actions that he would never sign them, not in a million years.

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Miao Xia: All right, all right. So I climbed into the wrong man's bed.

Reader's note:

1. Both leads have only been with each other.

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