Name: Newlyweds, Old Flames
Author: Ying Yuzhu

Synopsis

[Second-chance pursuit] [Fake and Real Heiresses] [Age Gap] [Powerful Man vs. Student]

Blurb:

Everyone knows Mr. Fang of the Macau region. Even when he's only staying in Shanghai, he can still shake up half the city.

Everyone praises him as a gentleman, a man of distinction, and a refined young gentleman.

Only Shen Li knows how little he cares for a gentleman's code, and that the two of them have a secret relationship.

During college, Shen Li stayed by his side for four whole years. He enjoyed her youth, gentleness, thoughtfulness, consideration, and obedience.

She thought he must care for her, at least a little.

Until she discovered he'd lied to her and gone on a matchmaking date behind her back.

That night, Shen Li realized her four years with him had been nothing but a joke.

To him, she was just a pet kept at his side, summoned when he wanted and dismissed when he didn't. He could spoil her, but he didn't love her.

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At a reunion dinner, Shen Li attended with an elder from the Wen family.

Only then did he learn she'd been switched at birth and was now the Wen family's heiress.

A business meeting turned into a series of not-so-subtle attempts to match up the two youngest people there.

And the person being matched with her wasn't him.

During dinner, Shen Li seemed interested and exchanged contact information.

That night, Fang Huaixu appeared downstairs from Shen Li's apartment. The usually gentle and refined man had a hint of anger in his eyes as he asked, "Are you thinking of saying yes?"

Shen Li said, "Whether I say yes or not, what does it have to do with you?"

-

Fang Huaixu remembered how much Shen Li loved him, so he tried to arrange a marriage alliance between their families.

He thought that once she'd calmed down, their married life would be just like those four years in college.

He hadn't expected her to reject the match with the Fang family.

Not only that, she'd changed. She was no longer gentle, considerate, obedient, or easygoing.

She had her own social circle and a busy career. Unlike before, when she would feel sad and lost if she couldn't see him, now she acted as if he didn't exist.

Until one day, he discovered that she'd dated someone else during their time apart.

When that ex showed up, Fang Huaixu could no longer stand it.

He practically humbled himself to beg for an answer,

but all he got was her biting retort:

"Mr. Fang, how can you be so naive?

"What makes you think you can demand that I've loved only you from beginning to end?"

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Before they split, Fang Huaixu had deceived her and hidden the fact that he was going on a matchmaking date.

No matter how jealous, anxious, or sensitive she became, he was unmoved.

Afterward, Fang Huaixu became the one by Shen Li's side with no title or claim, watching her go on matchmaking dates in the open. He was the one consumed by jealousy and anxiety now, while she remained unmoved.

1. The heroine has no prior sexual experience.

2. The heroine has an ex, but they never had a physical relationship.

Coming next: Second Heartbeat

When Tang Peng gave up on Song Jinnian,

Song Jinnian fell in love with Tang Peng.

Blurb:

Song Jinnian is practically the ruler of the Macau region. Cold and distant by nature, he rarely smiles, and everyone fears him. Women come and go at his side, but none can enter his heart. Tang Peng is the only one who has stayed with him the longest.

Throughout college, he spent an incalculable amount of money on her.

Jewelry, luxury cars, mansions: he gave her the finest gilded cage, but he didn't love her.

Tang Peng knew exactly what their relationship was. She also knew that she was allowed to stay at Song Jinnian's side for two whole years as an exception because she was obedient and sweet.

When she learned the Song family had arranged a fiancee for Song Jinnian,

Tang Peng was as well-behaved and sensible as ever, packing her things and leaving on her own.

She packed her bags in front of him with her back turned.

Song Jinnian watched her and lit a cigar. "Are you sure?"

"I'll ask you one last time."

Tang Peng turned around, tears falling from her eyes, but she held her ground. "Mr. Song, if I said I was just as shallow as those other women, and that I fell in love with you because you treated me well, would you let me leave?"

Song Jinnian thought she was foolish, absurd, and impossible to reason with.

So he wished her a happy graduation, then ended their two-year arrangement.

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When they met again, Tang Peng was ready to get engaged.

She had a man by her side who called himself her fiance.

One night, Song Jinnian pinned Tang Peng inside a car.

Her face was expressionless, and there was no love left in her eyes.

Her calmness pierced him, and jealousy set him on fire. He lost all reason and asked, "Have you slept together?"

"What do you think?"

Tang Peng laughed at him. "Mr. Song, have you forgotten? He and I are the ones who are officially together."

"Tang Peng!"

He roared, jealousy burning away his reason. "Leave him. I'll make things official with you."