Manta and Wine [Marriage Before Love]

★Complete / Marriage First, Love Later / Male Lead Has a Secret Crush

Gu Youman always thought her marriage to Zhou Weishen

was a marriage of convenience between wealthy families.

When they first met, he was the young master of a wealthy family, and she was a girl enjoying a boat ride. They shared a fleeting, dazzling glance, then hurriedly went their separate ways.

After asking around, she learned he was the eldest son of the Zhou family, a young gentleman who had lived abroad since childhood and received an elite education.

She was the daughter of a once-renowned factory owner fallen on hard times, while he was the heir to a wealthy family. She never imagined their paths would cross.

Until their families arranged for them to marry after a week of courtship.

Everyone mocked Gu Youman, saying a pheasant could dress itself in gold and fly to a high branch, but it could never become a phoenix.

On the first day of their marriage, she made a clean getaway and left town for work alone.

The next day, an off-road vehicle pulled up nearby. She looked over in confusion. A man in a shirt was leaning casually against the hood.

The howling wind across the wilderness ruffled his tousled black hair and swept through the hollow, bewildered ache in her chest. Sleepily, he said, “I came to see what kind of work could make you leave me behind on our very first day as newlyweds.”

Everyone knew the Zhou family's eldest son and his wife, who had “married by imperial decree,” had no feelings for each other. They were married in name only and had lived apart since their very first day as newlyweds.

No one knew this marriage had been carefully plotted by him, long in the making.

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In his third year at Conbenton University, he learned that a Chinese girl was working part-time at a flower shop.

On a rainy night, with the rain pouring down, an umbrella tilted over his head.

He turned around. The girl pressed her lips together and gave him a smile.

For years afterward, he stood outside the shop window, watching her tend to the flowers and plants, her profile peaceful and gentle.

She never knew that someone had stopped outside the flower shop window for her time and again.

She never knew that the passerby she had crossed paths with so many times would one day be her lifelong companion.

A long-held secret crush brewed into a rich, mellow wine.

The marriage that she thought was a case of love following marriage had been his carefully laid plan all along.

Unromantic Floral Photographer X Gentlemanly, Elegant Wine Supplier

* Both are virgins.

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Divorce? Impossible

Blurb:

Wen Chi discovered Jiang Shao's affair when she found a black stocking in the study.

It wasn't Wen Chi's style, and she wouldn't have fooled around in his study anyway.

Wen Chi and Jiang Shao had known each other for seven years and had been married for three.

Jiang Shao fell in love with Wen Chi at first sight when they started university and pursued her relentlessly.

As soon as they graduated, Wen Chi and Jiang Shao got their marriage certificate.

The man who had once sworn he would love only her for the rest of his life had finally broken his promise.

One evening,

Jiang Shao's secretary helped him into the guest room to rest, and didn't leave until late at night.

Wen Chi had a lawyer draw up divorce papers and calmly asked Jiang Shao for a divorce.

He sneered and tore up the papers. “Wen Chi, divorce? Impossible!”

“Jiang Shao, now that you've cheated, there's no point in keeping up this loveless marriage.”

“I cheated?” He flung a stack of photos in front of Wen Chi. “Wen Chi, is your lover so impatient to take my place?”

Wen Chi's hand suddenly trembled.

In the photos, a handsome, mature man gently lifted her chin, as if kissing her lips.

The photos were taken this spring.

The man was her brother, unrelated by blood.

“Wen Chi, you can hope I die, but divorce? Not a chance!”

Jiang Shao's voice was cold, but even his fingertips were trembling.

Theme: Seek the light, become the light