Love Confessions on a Beijing Night

Married first, fall in love later / An old flame rekindled

[Capital power player vs. radio host]

[Cool on the outside, warm on the inside, fatherly type, two-faced x charming little cat, expert at putting on an act]

Fu Qingyan never imagined she would run into Cen Boyan on a blind date.

The man seated opposite her was refined and handsome, his expression cold and his presence imposing. The aloofness between his brows was even more pronounced than it had been back then.

Just as she had years ago when she shoved a note at him, she smiled brightly with blind confidence and slipped him a business card. "My name is Fu Qingyan. I have a stable job, and everyone says I'm quiet, gentle, virtuous, and devoted to family. I'm a good candidate for a wife."

His gaze was deep. "I'm ten years older than you."

Fu Qingyan: "That's fine. I like older men."

Cen Boyan: "..."

-

After they married, Fu Qingyan learned that she'd married a major player in the capital's media industry.

At work, they maintained a boss-and-subordinate relationship. At home, Fu Qingyan searched for inspiration for her relationship show scripts, trying to win him over again and again, and failing every time.

Until one day, they finally made further progress. He pinned her against the kitchen island, wrapped his arms around her waist, and kissed her lips with passionate intensity.

Her little face flushed red. She thumped his shoulder twice in indignation and demanded, "Mr. Cen, your technique has improved by leaps and bounds. Where did you learn that?"

Cen Boyan leaned close to her cheek, his hot breath brushing her ear. "I learned it from Mrs. Cen's scripts."

-

Two years ago, Cen Boyan was invited to attend a graduation ceremony at a media university, where he met a girl whose graduation speech had been stolen.

The girl looked delicate and pitiable, but there was a stubborn strength in her eyes.

She said, "A competent host shows their true ability through improvisation, not by relying solely on a script."

After the ceremony, she boldly handed him a note with a string of numbers on it.

But when he called, the number was out of service.

One day, Cen Boyan happened to hear a familiar voice on the radio in his car. Her voice was like a gentle spring breeze, softly brushing the corners of his heart.

"Nothing in this world compares to you,

But I can't find a trace of where you are."

Reading Guide:

* Both leads are each other's first love, and neither has had any past relationships.

* The leads missed their chance to get closer early on because of a series of misunderstandings, but both tried to find each other. The female lead's perspective is married first, fall in love later; the male lead fell in love at first sight.

* The radio career storyline is for the sake of the plot. If anything doesn't match reality, please point it out gently.

* Inspired by the song "Nothing in This World Compares to You" by Lin Xiaoan.

-- Blurb for the next book, A Marriage Trap --

[Wily, coquettish sweetheart x cool, bewitching corporate king]

[The aloof flower descends from his lofty perch]

The year Shen Yuanxing turned twenty-five, she did the boldest thing of her life.

To get a job at Fengcheng Group, one of the world's top 100 companies, she casually found a picture of a man she found attractive online and pretended to be married.

After successfully joining the company, she was puzzled to discover that everyone around her went out of their way to accommodate her.

Then one day, Qin Ze, the president of Fengcheng Group, returned from abroad.

Shen Yuanxing was summoned alone to the president's office. When she saw the man standing by the floor-to-ceiling windows, she wilted like an eggplant hit by frost.

Qin Ze stared straight at her, like winter sunlight, distant and indifferent. His brows lifted slightly. He seemed relaxed and casual, yet carried the air of someone looking down on the world.

"I hear you're my wife?"

-

Shen Yuanxing knew the truth couldn't stay hidden forever, but she hadn't expected it to come out so quickly.

As the uproar over her exposed "married" status grew more and more intense, Shen Yuanxing remembered that she still hadn't fulfilled her promise to Qin Ze to solve the problem.

She assumed Qin Ze would stand by and do nothing. After all, he'd been the one making concessions these past few days.

But just as she'd prepared herself to be fired, she ran into Qin Ze standing outside her door that night. "How about we make a deal?"

Shen Yuanxing gazed into his hawk-like eyes, glinting coldly, and heard his deep, resonant voice: "Marry me, and I'll keep you from losing your job."

-

They maintained their hands-off relationship for nearly six months.

Until, eventually, their supposedly straightforward deal became a joke.

Shen Yuanxing glared at the man sprawled in bed. The sun blazed outside, baking the earth, and she nudged him with her toes. "Qin Ze, you should go to work."

"Why don't you take the CEO's seat this time?"

"What do I have to trade for it this time?"

The man rolled over and pulled her into his arms, burying his face in her fragrant hair as he nuzzled her.

"One more time."

-A short night of passion, and the sun is already high; from then on, the king never goes to court early.

#An office romance, face-slapping, sweet satisfaction, and all kinds of kisses, cuddles, and being swept off your feet.

Blurb screenshot dated 2023.12.15

Theme: You and I were destined to meet.