Loving His Wife Like a Cat

Completed series: The Ex-Wife's Game and Is It So Wrong to Want My Childhood Friend's Body? [An act-tough CEO and his nemesis, the caged songbird] Male lead's perspective: The language of a long-haired stray calico is "act fast or miss out" → The cat I raised with my own hands is abandoning me → Kitty, I can't live without you Female lead's perspective: Work, work, I love working → Freedom, freedom, I want to be free → Oh no, I got myself caught up with someone at work Blurb: Song Chuyin took a part-time job as a waitress at the teahouse where her classmate worked, hoping to earn a referral bonus. She had no idea the place had all sorts of shady dealings behind the scenes. On her first day, she was squeezed into a private room full of business tycoons, wearing a sexy qipao. A potbellied middle-aged man grabbed her and tried to take advantage of her. She struggled free and ran to the handsome man seated at the head of the table. He gripped her chin, his expression cool. "Do you know what it means that I saved you?" She nodded innocently, though she thought to herself that a handsome man was better than some greasy middle-aged guy. She wasn't losing out. Work was work, after all. It didn't matter where you did it. After that, she became the confidante of Huo Junyi, the famous head of the Huo family. He was devoted to work and had a spotless private life. She was the only woman in his life, but that was all there was to it. When she said she wanted to end things, her ever-generous benefactor gave her a huge sum of money, let her take all the gifts he'd given her, and promised to pay her two million a year until she got married. The only thing he didn't do was ask her to stay. So she left Beicheng alone and settled in a quiet little town. Huo Junyi admitted that at first, he'd saved that girl because her looks had bewitched him. Afterward, he had still waited patiently for her to grow up. He showered her with jewelry and luxury goods like she was his daughter, took her everywhere, and turned down countless invitations to go home and spend time with her. In the end, all he got was one sentence. "I don't want to keep playing this sugar-baby game with you." After all he'd done, she still thought he was just keeping her? Fine. He'd like to see how free she could be out there on her own. A heavenly beauty suddenly appeared in the quiet, simple town. Plenty of kindhearted aunties came to Song Chuyin's door to set her up with men. She could only politely turn them down. She wasn't ready to start a relationship just yet. After turning down yet another auntie who wanted to find her a blind date, Song Chuyin awkwardly glanced at the man beside her. "Butler Cheng, could you please tell Mr. Huo that I'm doing very well here and he doesn't need to worry?" The butler left without a word and immediately called his employer. "Sir, you'd better think of something. The aunties trying to set Miss up are lined up all the way down the street." The man's voice on the phone was steady. "Come back first. I'll go over there." He couldn't hold back any longer. Whether he had to trick her or take her by force, he was bringing her back. /Eight-year age gap/SC/All sweetness/ /He pursues his wife, but there's no crematorium-style angst/ /She's never been loved, so she needs someone who will love her wholeheartedly/ Coming soon: Your Dad's Only Good Feature Is His Looks [Blame it on being a sucker for handsome puppy boys and kissing one back then] After Shen Jinle had gotten into the company, sidelined the old man, and put a stop to his restless mistresses and the gold-digging mothers of their sons, she began thinking about the next stage of her life. So she asked the old man to arrange blind dates for her, then "politely turned down" eight hundred candidates and made him so furious that he fled abroad to clear his head. She knew she was a bit too picky. No short men, no fat men, no skinny men, no ugly men, no older men, no men with low education, no womanizers, no playboys, no men with a patriarchal streak, and especially no mama's boys. Maybe she should just buy some sperm. She only needed a child, after all. Just as she'd picked a donor, she returned to her alma mater to present an award to the recipient of a scholarship she'd established and ran into a junior student. His father didn't care about him, and his mother didn't love him. He was tall, long-legged, and handsome. Word was that he was the untouchable beauty of the school. On a whim, she made him an offer and invited him to become the biological father of her child. They turned out to be such a perfect match that she generously allowed his name to appear in the spouse column of her household register. Qi Yao fell in love with someone at first sight as soon as he started college. She was a famous alumna and successful entrepreneur who had come to establish a scholarship at their school. He heard she would personally present the award to the recipient, so he fought tooth and nail for the opportunity. But along with the scholarship, he received... an invitation to donate sperm? He was willing, but only if she took him too. So he became a proud father while still in college, writing his graduation thesis with one hand and rocking his daughter to sleep with the other. After graduating, he shamelessly managed to get a marriage certificate, too. Little Suisui was raised by her father from the very beginning. Her dad didn't go to work. His job was to take care of her and Mom at home, and type away at his computer. Dad always told her that Mom worked very hard to earn money, so she had to be good and not tire Mom out. Whenever Mom was in her study, she wasn't to disturb her, but Dad could go in and stay for ages before coming out. She felt like the happiest child in the world. One day, she woke up and couldn't find her dad anywhere. Only Mom was home. "Mom, where's Dad?" Shen Jinle remembered the man who'd left a message and run away from home in a huff because she'd been busy with work lately and had to meet her childhood friend often. She pulled her daughter into her arms. "Is your dad really that great? You have to look for him as soon as you wake up?" "Mm. Dad's great in every way." "Hmph. The only good thing about your dad is his looks." Coming soon: My Boss and I Have a Sibling Relationship He Started and Abandoned After the college entrance exams, during the summer break, Sui Xin had to stay with her mother because her father was sent abroad. More precisely, she had to stay at the home of her mother's wealthy husband, whom she had remarried. Sui Xin resented her mother for abandoning her for money. She'd thoroughly toyed with her stepson, whom she'd desperately tried to please, then promptly left for college. After enjoying a few carefree years, she'd almost forgotten about the man. But on her first day back in the country, she ran into the last person she wanted to see while interviewing for a job. When she saw the salary on the offer, she accepted immediately. So what if her boss was the stepbrother she'd started things with and then abandoned? He was a big-shot executive. Surely he wouldn't be petty enough to hold a grudge, right? Meng Peifeng, the pampered eldest young master of the Meng family, had one stain on his life: that summer when his stepsister had left him completely under her spell. He kept the note she'd written, "Your skills are inversely proportional to your length," in his wallet to remind himself of how she'd toyed with him. Years had passed. She was even more dazzling, yet just as heartless as ever. He told himself to ignore her, but kept proving with his actions that his skills were nothing to scoff at. Later, Sui Xin clung to him. "Forgive me. Don't be angry, okay?" He should have pried her hands off and told her he'd never forgive her. Instead, the words that came out were, "Sui Xin, marry me and I'll forgive you." At first, people at the company heard that the executive assistant was the CEO's younger sister and couldn't resist gossiping, but had no way to find out more. Later, they learned that the CEO had been thoroughly toyed with and then abandoned. They were as frantic as melons in a field, swearing they had to get the whole story straight. Finally, once they learned that the CEO, so professional at work, and his assistant were pretending not to know each other while carrying on behind the scenes, they weren't surprised anymore. Hey, who the real boss is behind closed doors is anyone's guess. Theme: Don't be stingy about expressing your love