Zhi Xing stared at the man across the table with a fake smile, while the man wore the same cold expression, as if he had just attended the funeral of a close family member.
The atmosphere between them was so icy it felt like it could freeze over at any moment.
"Finished eating?" the man asked.
"Yes," Zhi Xing said.
"Shall we go together?" the man asked again.
"We'll go separately." Zhi Xing stood up. His finger had already set the destination in the navigation app, and three clear characters showed on the screen: Civil Affairs Bureau.
That's right. They were going to get married.
For his whole life... no, for the first half of it, Zhi Xing had sailed through everything, living in luxury with meals brought to him and clothes laid out for him. Then one day, his father told him that their century-old family business was on the verge of collapse due to poor management, hanging by a thread, doomed to fall...
In short, the only option left was for him to marry into the Fu family and form an alliance with Fu Yue.
As the heir to a prominent business family, Zhi Xing knew his fate was to marry for the sake of an alliance. But could someone please tell him why his intended had to be his childhood friend and ex-boyfriend, the one he'd already broken up with?
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On their wedding night, Fu Yue came home late, still carrying a chill about him.
Seeing the light on in the master bedroom, he barged in with an annoyed expression, intending to tell the other man to go back to his own room.
"...Fu Yue?"
At the sound, the other man lifted his chin slightly. His reddened eyes were still wet with tears.
He looked exactly like the boy in Fu Yue's memory, the one who had promised that day never to leave.
Fu Yue stopped in his tracks. The feelings he thought he had long forgotten surged up all at once, like an undercurrent beneath a sheet of ice.
Reading Notes:
1. Mutual pining, from beginning to end.
2. Same-sex marriage is legal in this setting. One-on-one romance, happy ending.
3. Updated daily. I'll take a day off if something comes up.
4. Blurb posted on 2023/5/28.
Theme: Love and hope can overcome every obstacle.
