Lost in a Spring Night [Marriage Before Love]

Coming soon: A Bright Moon Makes a Fine Bride and Trapped on the Day of the Murder. Please add them to your collections~

Good news: Shen Yan's fiance cheated on her with his first love!

Bad news: Shen Yan couldn't get the engagement called off!

The reason was that Luo Qingshu, the first love's arranged match, wouldn't agree to it.

Luo Qingshu is the youngest son of the Luo family. Rebellious since childhood, he appears as gentle as jade, but beneath that exterior he's ruthless and decisive, with a merciless hand.

Shen Yan was fostered by the Luo family for several years, and by seniority she should call him Uncle.

With no other choice, Shen Yan goes to him. "Uncle, they're truly in love. Why not be generous and let them be together?"

Luo Qingshu leisurely sips his tea, his voice unhurried. "I can agree to call off the engagement, but you have to give me a fiancee in return."

The two agree to work together, and their courteous, harmonious arrangement lasts for a long time, until one late night.

Drunk, Shen Yan forcefully kisses the man on the lips and sighs with satisfaction.

"Still as nice to kiss as before."

The man's eyes darken, and he calls her in a low voice, "Shen Yan!"

Shen Yan protests, "What? You're my legal husband. What's wrong with giving you a kiss?"

Luo Qingshu fixes his deep gaze on her for a few seconds. "Fine."

He says through clenched teeth, "You'd better remember what you did."

The next day, once sober, Shen Yan has indeed forgotten everything.

That night, the man approaches her of his own accord and gives in as if resigned to his fate. "Go ahead and kiss me. Maybe you'll remember after a few more."

One day later on, Shen Yan, worn out until her back aches and her legs turn weak, slips into the man's study.

She intended to cause trouble, but unexpectedly discovers the truth.

It turns out the whole dramatic engagement-cancellation fiasco had been part of Luo Qingshu's plan all along.

He had cast an enormous net and slowly drawn her into his world.

"Shen Yan, you force-kissed me at your coming-of-age ceremony. You owe me an explanation."

Shen Yan stubbornly retorts, "What's wrong with one kiss?"

The man smiles faintly and pulls her into his arms. "One kiss means you're responsible."

#Mutual unrequited love, the male lead is hopelessly lovesick and most afraid his wife will leave him

#Everyday-life story, with a sweetness level through the roof in the later chapters

#Five-year age gap. Once the old flame catches, it spreads like wildfire

--Coming soon: A Bright Moon Makes a Fine Bride--

Radiant and headstrong x cool and refined, marriage first, love later x a long-laid plan

The day Lin Mingyue is told she isn't the Lin family's biological daughter, her engagement is called off.

That night, her car breaks down on a desolate mountain road, and Chen Jinshen takes her home.

The man hands her an agreement. "I need a fiancee. If you want to leave the Lin family, we can make a deal."

Chen Jinshen is the head of the Chen family.

Cool and refined, decisive and ruthless, he is an untouchable figure in the eyes of outsiders.

Lin Mingyue has only met him a few times at banquets.

She is a little surprised by his proposal.

Everyone in their social circle knows she has a terrible princess complex, a willful and spoiled temperament, and spends money like water.

She doesn't believe Chen Jinshen is unaware of that.

"Sorry, spending money is the only thing I'm good at." Lin Mingyue politely declines.

"After we marry, you can have half of everything I own." The man's voice is cool and indifferent as he speaks at an unhurried pace. "Any other concerns?"

Lin Mingyue purses her lips. "How much do you own?"

The agreement is finalized, and the wedding is set for six months later. Lin Mingyue moves into Chen Jinshen's home.

Life together for two strangers is bound to be chaotic.

After being woken up by the man coming home late for the umpteenth time, Lin Mingyue angrily starts packing her suitcase.

As she heads out, she sees the man neatly arranging the shopping bags she'd tossed aside. Suddenly, her anger fades.

"Could you come home earlier from now on?"

The man looks at her suitcase and thinks for a moment before nodding. "I thought my wife wouldn't miss me."

"That's not what I meant."

The man carries the suitcase back to the bedroom, his expression gentle. "All right. I'll do whatever you say from now on."

Late one quiet night, Lin Mingyue catches the man's wandering hand.

"Didn't you say you'd do whatever I say?"

"Yes, my wife. Except for this."

The man's voice is husky. "Don't expect a man who's wanted you for years to behave himself."

One day, Lin Mingyue finds a photo of herself as a teenager in Chen Jinshen's wallet. Snow blankets the wilderness as she walks through it, with a bright full moon hanging overhead.

On the back of the photo, in his bold handwriting, are the words:

"The bright moon enters the high tower, its light drifting far away. The beauty's heart is but an inch, yet travels a thousand miles like a strip of white silk."

It turns out he'd truly loved her for many years.

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