Our Third Year of Marriage

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[An unapologetically conventional sweet romance. The characters are flawed, and there may be plot holes, so please go easy on me.]

// All-around craft blogger × powerful heir to a wealthy family / married first, love later / secret crush becomes mutual / happy ending

* In the third year of their marriage, she got to experience a new honeymoon.

Song Zhixia × Jin Yugui

After two years of marriage, Song Zhixia could still count on her fingers the number of times she'd seen Jin Yugui.

On the first day after their second wedding anniversary, she did see a trending post: "Jin Yugui Enters Hotel with Woman Late at Night."

The PR team at Jin Group nearly fried their brains trying to find the best way to deal with the fake scandal.

Then a trending topic, "Jin Yugui's Wife Responds to Scandal," exploded across Weibo.

The woman in the video smiled and asked the reporter, "Have you ever heard the phrase 'newlyweds still in the honeymoon phase'?"

The reporter: "Huh?"

Song Zhixia tilted her head. "Yugui and I were just celebrating our anniversary. I didn't realize everyone was so interested."

Soon after, the hashtag "When You Find the Right Person, Every Day Feels Like Your Honeymoon" shot to the top of the trending list.

-

The PR crisis the group couldn't solve was casually handled by Song Zhixia.

That very night, Jin Yugui postponed a meeting and hurried back to the villa, wanting to see his "newlywed" wife.

As soon as he opened the door, he heard Song Zhixia's phone on speaker. A female friend was asking, "You and Jin Yugui are newlyweds in the honeymoon phase? Don't make me laugh."

Song Zhixia: "I was just doing him a favor."

"But how am I this amazing? I handled it just like that! If I were him, I'd come home today, serve my wife tea, and work even harder to make money so I could take good care of her."

She turned around. Jin Yugui gave her a polite smile.

Jin Yugui: "I'll head back to the office first and work hard to make money."

He paused. "To take care of my wife."

Before leaving, he added, "Oh, right. As for serving my wife tea..."

"I'll owe you that for now."

Song Zhixia: "..."

-

Her friend had also asked why Song Zhixia happened to have her marriage certificate with her when a reporter caught her off guard.

Song Zhixia had joked her way out of the question, concealing the feelings she'd buried deep in her heart.

She'd always thought her marriage to Jin Yugui was as insubstantial as the agreement they'd signed.

She never imagined that one day the decisive, ruthless man from the business world would rush home beneath the stars, windblown and weary, just to whisper in her ear with a hint of menace, "I brought your gift back. When are you going to keep your promise?"

Song Zhixia blinked. "What promise? I don't remember making one."

The man leaned down, his warm breath brushing her neck. He said helplessly, "You said you liked me, Zhixia."

When she didn't answer, he immediately added softly, "I like you, Zhixia."

Song Zhixia had never imagined it, either.

In the third year of her marriage, she got to experience a new honeymoon.

// End of current story. New book preview follows. //

// A ship lost in the galaxy will find its way home. You should love me once more / reunion after years apart / second chance at love / happy ending

*

At their ten-year high school reunion, Song Jingzhou was dared to call his ex-girlfriend.

Amid a chorus of cheers, Yu Shu's phone rang from her seat.

She answered and calmly met Song Jingzhou's gaze across the people between them.

The smile at his lips was faint. Holding his phone, he drawled, "Yu Shu, want to start over?"

Everyone laughed. The dare hadn't specified what he had to say, but Song Jingzhou's words were explosive enough to make them all hold their breath for Yu Shu's answer.

Yu Shu: "I know this is a dare."

Song Jingzhou chuckled. "And?"

His next words were drowned out by the crowd's jeers, but the phone carried them straight to Yu Shu's ear.

"You never gave me an answer."

*

They'd been classmates for years, and their appetite for gossip had only grown. In the second half of the reunion, it was obvious that everyone had joined forces to target Yu Shu. At last, it was her turn to face a punishment.

Sure enough, her dare was to call her ex-boyfriend.

Amid the excited cheers, Song Jingzhou, lounging on the sofa, was about to stub out his cigarette and reach into his pocket for his phone.

But before it rang, he saw Yu Shu already speaking on the phone.

"Ah Heng, are you free tonight?"

Song Jingzhou lost focus. The ash fell onto his leg, and he didn't notice for a long moment. He hurriedly stubbed out the cigarette, looking miserable.

*

When the gathering ended, a heavy rain was falling outside. Yu Shu waited in the lobby on the first floor for it to stop. Song Jingzhou walked toward her, each step sure and deliberate.

He stopped in front of her and looked down at her, but raised a hand to brush the hair away from her cheek.

"What about my answer?"

Yu Shu frowned and looked up at him. "What answer do you still want?"

Song Jingzhou held a cigarette between his lips and wrapped Yu Shu's scarf around her a few more times, covering half her face, perhaps to stop her from speaking.

His eyes lowered, filled with a mix of sorrow and stubbornness.

"Miss Yu."

"You really have a cold heart."

"No wonder you dumped me so decisively back then."

Reunion after years apart, second chance at love

Calm and captivating Yu Shu × Devoted and broken Song Jingzhou

Theme: Be patient, and grow into your best self.