Fierce Marriage [Marriage Before Love]

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[Uptight, refined daddy-type CEO x gentle, resilient, curvy actress]

[He falls first / marriage before love / five-year age gap / secret marriage / a little showbiz]

1.

Ji Ni's new husband is her older brother's friend, Meng Jintang.

The Meng CEO of Baicheng is famous for his self-discipline and impeccable manners. He's in his early thirties, an elite among elites, and strikingly handsome.

Their families have been close for generations, but because of the man's stiff, dull personality, Ji Ni barely knows him. Even saying a word to him means weighing it carefully and treading lightly.

To this day, she remembers how she showed up at his door in the rain, looking a mess, and asked the cold, stern man, "Mr. Meng, would you marry me?"

2.

The man is the head of his company and busy every day.

He has no particular hobbies and lives a restrained, ascetic life.

He doesn't pay much attention to their loveless marriage. They see each other only a few times a month.

Ji Ni enjoys the freedom. Film and TV roles come pouring in, and rumors about her are everywhere. She never has to ask for the jewelry and diamonds she wants; someone delivers them every day, in every style, for her to choose from.

Their marriage is unexpectedly exposed.

The Baicheng media seize on rumors and make a spectacle of her love life.

[Unknown actress Ji Ni is dating an award-winning actor.]

[Ji Ni uses her influence to prey on newcomers.]

[Ji Ni is cheating.]

Her fans fight tooth and nail with the gossip-loving crowds every time, but the trending topics always get taken down and the whole thing eventually fizzles out.

Later, someone in the industry posts a high-definition video of them kissing passionately. It spreads like wildfire online.

The elegant, beautiful woman is held by the waist and neck as the man kisses her until her cheeks flush. When they finally part, she chides him in a soft, sulky voice: "Meng Jintang, why can't you stop once you start kissing me?"

The man's eyes are smiling as he coaxes her with an audacious offer:

"Fifty million for one kiss, baby. Want to keep kissing?"

Seconds later, a text arrives on Ji Ni's phone.

[Your account ending in xxxx has received 50,000,000 yuan.]

The onlookers instantly erupt in shrieks and cheers. The person filming can barely keep their phone steady.

Everyone assumes this time will end the same way, but the usually low-key CEO Meng posts on Weibo.

Let me introduce you to Mrs. Meng. @Ji Ni

He attaches their full wedding video.

3.

Ji Ni used to think Meng Jintang married her out of obligation, settling for what he could get.

Until one day, she accidentally finds a box containing his old belongings. Inside are the certificates and awards he earned over the years.

And a yellowed diary.

There is also a physics test paper marked seventy, with her name on it.

Curious, she opens the diary.

Its pages are filled with meticulous records of everything about her.

The entries stop on the day they registered their marriage.

Happy wedding day, Classmate Rabbit.

The man's handwriting is bold and unrestrained, but he has hidden his love for so many years.

Notes:

1. One-on-one romance, both leads are chaste. No nitpickers.

2. The showbiz content is entirely fictional.

3. The author isn't an expert. The plot exists to serve the main characters.

4. The author will delete malicious one-star reviews, negative comments from people who haven't subscribed at all, and piracy. To reiterate, the author is sensitive and will delete nasty comments.

[Stoic, tough criminal investigator x gentle middle-school teacher]

[One-night stand + pregnancy before love + strangers who marry before falling in love]

1.

After a year at work, Xin He still hasn't quite fit in.

The head teacher, who usually picks on her, invites her to his birthday for once. She hesitates for a long time, but eventually goes.

Only then does she realize that his real purpose isn't celebrating. He wants to set up his nephew, Xu Xingzhou, who spent years in the military and is still single, on a blind date.

Xu Xingzhou is quite the oddball. He even brings his medical examination report. He's taciturn and hard-tempered, and the date is awkward from start to finish.

Xin He is reserved and doesn't dare look at him closely.

As a result, what she remembers most is his rock-hard abs and astonishing stamina. She can't remember what his face looks like at all.

2.

A month later, Xin He discovers she's pregnant. Timidly, she asks the head teacher for Xu Xingzhou's contact information.

In the middle of the night, she works up the courage to call him.

"Hello, do you remember me?"

"I'm the teacher who went on the blind date your uncle arranged for you last month."

"I'm pregnant."

Before he can speak, she trembles as she blurts it all out, her voice unconsciously breaking into a sob.

There's a long silence on the other end, then he says two things.

"I'll marry you."

"Will you let me?"

3.

After their wedding, Xin He and Xu Xingzhou treat each other with respect and courtesy.

Their loveless marriage is, in its own way, satisfactory.

Xu Xingzhou is a perfect husband. He never puts a foot wrong with anyone, and he's good to her too.

He brings her flowers every day and personally takes care of her during pregnancy. He rubs pregnancy oil on her, massages her cramping legs, and keeps a close watch on her through the night.

Even when Xin He asks at dawn for out-of-season fruit, he'll drive to the neighboring city to buy it for her.

As time passes, she almost starts to believe that she and Xu Xingzhou are in love.

Until, at a family banquet, she goes to find him when he steps out for some air and accidentally overhears him talking with one of her friends.

"Brother Zhou, have you fallen for her? Sister-in-law is so gentle. She's really not the kind of woman I'd have thought you'd like."

Xu Xingzhou has a cigarette between his lips. His strong features are barely visible in the dim light as he replies carelessly:

"She's good enough. My family was pressuring me."

"Besides, Grandma really likes children."

Xin He's heart turns cold, and she walks away.

4.

Later, when the man returns from a mission, no one comes to meet him at the airport. He calls Xin He without hesitation, drops his tough facade, and complains in tears:

"Wife, why didn't you come get me? I've been gone so long, didn't you miss me? I got hurt too. It really hurts."

All he has is a little scrape on his arm.

But he acts so pitiful.

The comrade following behind him: ...

Note: One-on-one romance, both leads are chaste.

Theme: One should aspire to the heights of the mountains and follow the paths of the great.