Crossing the Grain

Main story complete Please check the content warnings at the bottom before reading~ Marriage first, love later * pregnancy first, love later * she leaves after giving birth, he raises the child 【Dark, fragile innocent girl × roguish young man from the Beijing elite circle】【167 cm × 189 cm】 Everyone is crazy, and none of them are good people!!! Blurb: On He Shu’s twenty-fifth birthday, Old Master He publicly promised to grant her the one wish she found hardest to fulfill. She lowered her eyes and stayed silent for a long time. Then she suddenly raised her hand and pointed at her older brother, He Li. Everyone present was baffled. No one noticed He Li’s face turn deathly pale. But the next second, her hand shifted to point at the roguishly handsome man standing beside him. “I want him to marry me.” Tan Xuchuan. He was famous for being a playboy. Carefree and unrestrained since childhood, his heart as wild as open country, he had never even considered settling down. Just as expected, Tan Xuchuan rejected her in front of everyone. “Why should I?” the man drawled lazily. And yet, before long, He Shu married into the Tan family in grand style. After the wedding, Tan Xuchuan, who had rejected her in public, shared her bed every night. Just three months later, news spread that she was pregnant. Tan Xuchuan realized that He Shu seemed to be cheating on him. It happened on the very day they found out she was pregnant. He accompanied her to the He residence. Along the way, He Shu made an excuse to use the restroom and didn’t come back for a long time. He went looking for her and happened to see her clutching He Li’s clothes and crying, wearing an expression that would make anyone feel sorry for her. She was saying, “He Li, if you’re willing, I’ll ask him for a divorce right now.” He Shu had always known the truth. She and Tan Xuchuan might look like a real couple and sleep together every night, but their hearts were elsewhere. Tan Xuchuan had agreed to marry her only because the old lady of the Tan family told him to. Once he gave her a child, he could go back to living however he pleased. This marriage had always been about getting what they each wanted. Now that they’d both achieved their goal, she wanted a divorce and to get out. But the man tore up the divorce papers and pinned her against the wall, gripping her chin. His gaze was cold and proud. “The child in your belly can only call me Dad.” “A divorce? Keep dreaming.” Reader advisory: 1. The male lead is not a playboy. He is faithful in both body and heart, with no history of flirtations or ambiguous relationships. The female lead is a virgin, but her heart isn’t faithful. She likes the second male lead, and still likes him after getting engaged to and marrying the male lead. If you can’t accept a heroine whose heart isn’t devoted exclusively to the male lead, please read with caution. The second male lead is not related to the heroine by blood. The heroine is not the gentle, kind, innocent type. She’s selfish, a little crazy, a little dark and twisted, a little perverse, and a little scheming. 2. Everyone’s crazy, no one is a good person, and none of them are perfect. They all have their own flaws. 3. This author doesn’t write with especially rigorous logic. 4. Major content warning!!! The heroine gives birth, abandons everything, and runs off to find the second male lead. Please read with caution if you can’t accept that. I hope you won’t read it and then turn around and hate on the heroine. Could female-oriented fiction be a little more forgiving toward its heroines? 5. Not recommended for fans who only care about the male lead. 6. The heroine ends up with the male lead, and the child is his. Theme: Courage