She Spoils Her Rotten [Marriage Before Love]

(Looking for follows for the neighboring novel, Only You, My Love)

1.

Song Yicheng, the youngest daughter of the Song family in Nancheng, was born charming and lovely, with a bright personality. At home, she was everyone’s darling. But in the summer she turned 21, her father arranged a marriage for her without warning. Her betrothed was Xie Sinan, the third young master of the Xie Group, whom she had never met.

Unhappy with the engagement, Song Yicheng ran away from home. In her first month away, she unexpectedly landed an internship at Xie Sinan’s company. When she heard that the boss rarely came into the office, she let out a sigh of relief.

During her internship, she often ran into a handsome, talented male colleague who would guide her out of trouble. She admired him deeply. At a company retreat, Song Yicheng was sitting at the resort, chatting with her best friend on the phone and praising how handsome her “male colleague” was, when Xie Sinan suddenly interrupted her. “Fiancee, have you been mistaking me for someone else all this time?”

2.

Xie Sinan, the third young master of the Xie family in Nancheng, was strikingly handsome, tall and poised, and exceptionally well-read. He was much admired by the wives of wealthy families, yet had no interest in romance.

Rumor had it that he would not consider marriage until the artificial intelligence product independently developed by his company was ready to launch.

But at the Xie Group’s 30th anniversary gala, people saw the usually reserved Xie Sinan bend down to straighten a young woman’s dress, sparking all kinds of speculation.

Later, the company’s AI product, Chengxin, launched and won an Industrial Design Award. Xie Sinan personally attended the ceremony to accept the award. A host asked, “Mr. Xie, is there any special meaning behind the product’s name, Chengxin?”

“Cheng is the last character in my wife’s name.”

“Is there any special significance to making the first generation a limited edition?” the host pressed.

For the first time, Xie Sinan spoke at length. “At first, it was to make my wife happy.”

3.

Song Yicheng thought her engagement to Xie Sinan was simply a compromise he had made under pressure from his parents, and that one day they would both be free.

But on the day of her university graduation, Xie Sinan arrived straight from an awards ceremony, carrying flowers with a veil hidden behind his back. In a packed stadium, under everyone’s gaze, he got down on one knee and made up for the proposal he had never given her.

“Will you marry me, my little princess?”

One night later on, Song Yicheng couldn’t sleep. She lightly tapped his Adam’s apple with her fingertips, as if playing the piano. Xie Sinan grew increasingly heated, turned toward her, and took her hand. Glancing at the moon outside the window, he said, “Little princess, I’m afraid neither of us will be sleeping tonight.”

After an unknown stretch of time, Song Yicheng managed to gather a little clarity amid the haze. “I still haven’t asked why you always call me ‘little princess.’”

She would never know that on the rainy night Xie Sinan was trapped in the depths of despair, the umbrella she held over him was the rope that pulled him out of the mire.

----- Only You, My Love: Blurb --------

[Gentle, brave music student * Scheming, ruthless CEO who is devoted and tender only to the heroine] [Eight-year age gap]

1.

The summer she turned 15, Xiang Nuan was brought from her small town to the Shen family in Beicheng and given the name Shen Xiangnuan. Everyone praised the Shen family’s eldest daughter as a pure and lovely beauty, like a lotus fresh from the water.

At 18, she got her wish and was admitted to a top music conservatory. The Shen family threw her a grand coming-of-age party.

That night, Xiang Nuan wore a custom-made pale blue tulle princess dress, elaborately crafted and covered in diamonds. She ran into Sheng Yuzhou, the newly appointed head of the Sheng family. When her stepmother stood in front of her with her younger sister, Xiang Nuan realized she wasn’t the star of this party.

She slipped away and sat on the steps of the hotel terrace. Pulling off her high heels, she stood barefoot and said into the phone, “Dad, I miss you so much.”

When she looked up, she saw the man in the dark shirt whom her stepmother had just stopped. He crouched down in front of her and offered her a black-and-gold business card.

Xiang Nuan never imagined that, in the summer she turned 21, she would use that card to walk straight into the office of the Sheng Group’s CEO.

2.

Sheng Yuzhou, the eldest son of the Sheng family, was strikingly handsome. His smiling, flirtatious eyes should have made him irresistible, but he was ruthless and decisive in everything he did, inspiring fear and respect in those around him.

One autumn, three years after he took charge, people noticed that Sheng Yuzhou’s car was frequently seen at a top music conservatory, with a young woman in the passenger seat. Speculation about him spread everywhere, but no one dared to interview him in person.

Unexpectedly, a viewer took a photo backstage at the recording of a music show: Sheng Yuzhou had brought a pair of sneakers himself and was bending down to help the newly popular singer Shen Xiangnuan change out of her high heels.

The next day, headlines across Beicheng were dominated by the trending topics “Sheng Group CEO Suspected to Be Rising Singer Shen Xiangnuan’s Powerful Backer” and “Shen Xiangnuan’s Romance.”

Sheng Yuzhou, who had never cared for entertainment news, made an account on social media for the first time. Beneath the “Shen Xiangnuan’s Romance” topic, he replied personally: “She’s my fiancee. We’ll marry when you graduate, @Xiang Nuan.”

3.

Later, Shen Xiangnuan finally left the Shen family and became Xiang Nuan again. Sheng Yuzhou cooked for her himself to celebrate.

Xiang Nuan wrapped her arms around his waist from behind. “Thank you, eighteen-year-old Shen Xiangnuan, for letting me meet Sheng Yuzhou.”

He bent down and kissed her forehead. “You should thank fifteen-year-old Xiang Nuan. She once saved Sheng Yuzhou from a terrible situation.”

On a night of torrential rain, a petite little girl stood in front of the battered, 23-year-old Sheng Yuzhou. “I’ve already called the police. If you don’t leave, they’ll be here soon.”

The love he gives her in this lifetime belongs to her alone.

Theme: Braving everything for love