Autumn Rain Asks Nothing of the Parasol Tree

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Zhong Jing x Yin Jiacheng [Her perspective: marriage first, love later | His perspective: secret crush comes true | Both virgins | HE, divorce averted | Two doctors | Sweet romance]

Blurb:

She accidentally sent her ex-husband the message meant for her best friend: I'm coming over to sleep at your place tonight.

He replied: ?

By the time Zhong Jing realized she'd sent it to the wrong person, it was too late to unsend. Mortified, she...

Yin Jiacheng: I haven't changed the passcode. Let yourself in. I'm still at the hospital, so I'll be home late. We used up the last of the "supplies." Are you buying more, or should I?

Zhong Jing didn't reply.

She thought: You're an animal who thinks with his lower half. You won't get to lay a finger on me ever again.

Later, she woke up after a passionate night, stretching lazily.

Yin Jiacheng held her and smiled indulgently. "By now, you should know who my one true love is, right?"

Zhong Jing pouted, still wanting more. "How did you get so much better while I was away from home?"

Yin Jiacheng: ...

(His perspective)

At thirty, Yin Jiacheng was still single when he was set up on a blind date with the class beauty he'd secretly loved since high school. She was perfect in every way, except that she was a little clueless about romance. None of the people she'd been set up with before could put up with her.

He and Zhong Jing dated for over half a year, treating each other with polite respect. They went to the movies just three times and had dinner together only eight times before their parents urged them to register their marriage.

No wedding, no honeymoon. They started their married life in their old home, with Zhong Jing moving in to live with Yin Jiacheng.

Only then did he discover that she wasn't clueless about romance. She was just very good at getting his clothes off.

One night, Zhong Jing suddenly slapped him awake. Her voice was fierce. "Yin Jiacheng, I want a divorce."

He had no idea what was going on. The next day, he discovered Zhong Jing had erased every trace of herself from their home and left a divorce agreement behind.

They met again outside the civil affairs bureau in December, with the wind howling. They went in together to handle the divorce.

That night, for the first time in his life, he took the initiative and asked a friend to go drinking with him. In a drunken haze, he pointed at a huge LED billboard and said, "What do you mean, a popular actress? My wife is way prettier!"

Lu Tingnan patted his face, unable to tell whether he was laughing or crying, and poured cold water on him. "Wife? She's your ex-wife now, isn't she? No matter how pretty she is, she's got nothing to do with you anymore."

Yin Jiacheng gave a bitter smile. "If we get divorced just like that, what was the point of the eight years I spent secretly loving her?"

Zhong Jing showed him through her actions: "It means you're one patient guy!"

"Yin Jiacheng, in thirty days, we'll go our separate ways! Whoever doesn't show up is a coward!" That was the last thing Zhong Jing said to him.

But the coward had a strategy of his own.

The man who was always steady and mature around others had his own day of losing his composure. At a crowded airport, he clung to her suitcase and wouldn't let her check it in, looking utterly miserable. "Wife... Don't go."

The blurb was written on November 5, 2023, and a screenshot has been saved. Plagiarism will be pursued.

P.S. This novel has never tried to whitewash the "cooling-off period for divorce," and the heroine has always opposed this law. The story's key events simply happen during that period. I will not respond to anyone who takes things out of context or maliciously speculates about the author. Any insults will rebound on the person who made them. See the first chapter's blurb for content warnings.

Theme: A good partner can ease half the hardships of life