Her Starlight [Marriage Before Love]

Female CEO x Male Star

Marriage first, love later | Bickering couple | Hilarious everyday life | Pretending turns real

Jiang Bieli was once a shining star of the business world, but when her family went bankrupt overnight, she was forced into an arranged marriage. She had to sign a one-year marriage agreement with Gu Chenyi, a top-tier star in the entertainment industry, agreeing to divorce after a year.

At the wedding, Gu Chenyi wore a perfectly tailored black suit, his handsome face wearing its signature charming smile. The flashes from the media area lit up at once like a rainstorm.

"What an actor," Jiang Bieli sneered inwardly, while beaming sweetly on the outside.

When she reached Gu Chenyi, he leaned down slightly. To the people around them, it looked like an intimate whisper, but his voice was cold as ice. "Miss Jiang, remember our agreement. In a year, we go our separate ways."

Jiang Bieli rose onto her tiptoes, her red lips almost touching his earlobe. Smiling sweetly, she said, "It's a pleasure doing business with you, Mr. Sugar Daddy."

Gu Chenyi's expression remained blank, though a glint of amusement flashed in his dark eyes.

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After the wedding, the two got into the same bridal car. As soon as the door shut, they each retreated to a corner as if the other were carrying a plague.

On their wedding night, they slept in separate rooms and laid down three rules: no interfering in each other's private lives, no appearing together in public, and divorce when the agreement expired.

After they moved in together, Jiang Bieli deliberately ate luosifen in Gu Chenyi's mansion, testing the limits of his cleanliness obsession. When he held late-night meetings, she practiced yoga to Buddhist chants. Neither would give an inch.

Gu Chenyi was furious, his face livid.

Yet in public, they had no choice but to play the part of a loving couple.

At a charity gala, he wrapped an arm around her waist to stake his claim. She secretly pinched him, then turned to the media with a sweet smile, putting on one convincing act after another. "Someone's taking pictures. Smile."

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Later, when Jiang Bieli's career ran into trouble, he secretly helped her. He complained that she was a nuisance, but privately pressed an ice-cold towel to her forehead all night.

Once, when he was drunk, Gu Chenyi pinned Jiang Bieli against the wall, murmuring the name of his first love, only to kiss her the next second.

When the agreement expired, Jiang Bieli handed him the divorce papers, but he tore them up. "I broke the agreement. My punishment is to spend the rest of my life with you."

"Why should I agree?"

Gu Chenyi locked the door and took off his tie. His steps drew closer until he had her pressed into a corner. His hot breath brushed her ear. "Because last night, you called me... Big Brother in your sleep."

-

She thought the matter of divorce had finally been put behind them, but Jiang Bieli disappeared without a trace.

Later, when he learned she'd left voluntarily to protect his career, Gu Chenyi was so furious he smashed up his entire office. Then he had billboards all over the city display the same message: "Jiang Bieli, come home."

That night, Jiang Bieli accidentally came across a portrait of his first love that he'd treasured. When she unfolded the paper, she found a drawing of herself at eighteen, wearing her school uniform.

Wrapped in a bath towel and leaning against the doorframe, Gu Chenyi spoke in a husky, satisfied voice. "I've been looking for you for seven years. Don't even think about running away again."

Content warnings:

1. The male lead was in a car accident seven years ago and forgot some things. That's why he acted so dismissive toward her before the wedding.

2. This is a marriage-first, love-later story with a secret crush and an amnesia plot. The male lead will recover those memories later.

Theme: Be brave in the pursuit of love and face life with a smile.