Winter Is the Perfect Time to Marry

The day Wen Li was brought back to the family compound to be reunited with her family, Mu Yan came to pick her up.

A scion of the capital’s elite, born into privilege and looking down on everyone, he pulled up in an ostentatious luxury car worth millions. When he got out, his cold, nonchalant eyes flicked over her. “Wen Li? Get in. I’ll take you to see your father.”

Later, she learned that he was the man she had been promised to since childhood, their marriage arranged before either of them was born.

But then the children had been switched at birth.

Now that everything was back on track, the engagement had been placed on her shoulders once again.

-

On the day of her job interview, he was one of the interviewers. After one glance, he set her proposal aside and said it was utterly unoriginal and entirely forgettable.

Then, in front of everyone, he stood up and said, “If you called me here to look at this kind of boring nonsense, then I’m afraid I don’t have time for this.” He swept out, leaving a roomful of senior executives too frightened to speak.

From then on, she put away the feelings she shouldn’t have had and settled for being a fake couple with him, polite and respectful to one another.

-

Later, as they talked about those experiences, Mu Yan frowned, laced his hands behind his head, and gave a wry smile. “Did I? Was I really that much of a jerk?”

Then he explained, “I didn’t know that proposal was yours. I ran into a dumbass investor that day, and I was in a bad mood.”

Wen Li swallowed the ache in her heart and smiled. “Actually, you weren’t wrong. I really am a very boring person.”

She had been that way her whole life.

The next moment, she let out a startled cry. He had lifted her onto the entryway table.

The man leaned in close, gazing at her without looking away as he smiled. His voice was low and husky. “How are you boring? Didn’t you have a great time playing with me last night, baby?”

★ Both are sexually inexperienced, happy ending, arranged marriage, the heroine’s secret crush comes true, and the hero falls hard for her

★ Cool, aloof, free-spirited heir from the capital’s elite circles x sweet, gentle, pampered girl

Theme: Let go of your prejudices to embrace a better life. Take one step back, and the world opens up.