Xia Yuan is a genius. She earned her PhD at just twenty-four, with her mind full of academia. She's hopeless when it comes to everyday life, and she can't recognize faces. Her parents are at their wits' end trying to find her a husband.
On her eleventh blind date, she'd had enough. She pulled out a pen and paper and said, "Let's get married. We won't interfere with each other's lives, and we'll divorce after a year. You can have 60% of my assets, and I won't take a cent of yours. If you agree, sign here."
Her blind date was supposedly thirty-two. The reason he was still unmarried was that he was too poor to buy a house, and he didn't even have a car.
Xia Yuan didn't care about either of those things.
Shen Ling leaned back in his chair. His profile was sharp and carefree as he gazed at her with inscrutable, deep-set eyes.
Xia Yuan furrowed her brows. "70%. That's as high as I can go!"
Shen Ling smiled without a word. "Deal."
After they got married, he acted like a devoted husband, often picking her up from school. Her colleagues stared at her in astonishment. "Is he your suitor?"
Xia Yuan didn't mention their marriage. "No, he's just really poor and trying to earn some extra money."
Xia Yuan sighed. Even if he wasn't so attentive, she would still give him every bit of that 70%. She, Xia Yuan, never went back on her word.
Her colleague was completely baffled: ???
The supposedly fabulously wealthy head of the Shen family was poor?
At an auction, she took a fancy to a famous painting, but even selling everything she owned wouldn't have been enough to buy it. When she got home that night, he gave her a painting. Her face lit up. "Wow, where did you find this fake? It looks just like the real thing."
Shen Ling pinched her cheek. "I'm glad you like it."
Xia Yuan loved it so much that she fell asleep hugging the painting. When she woke up, there was a man beside her. She started, then met his dark, deep-set eyes. He said casually, "When we drew up the agreement, we never said we couldn't share a bed, right?"
That was true.
Somehow, they ended up splitting half the bed each.
Little by little, he worked his way into her life, taking care of everything down to the smallest detail.
Later, he was away on a business trip for just one month, and her life fell into chaos. When the year was up, she scratched her cheek and ventured, "How about we renew it for another year?"
The man tossed out a casual reply: "Either we don't renew it, or we stay married for life. Choose."
Everyone thought Xia Yuan had used tricks to win Xia Yuan's heart. Nobody knew that Shen Ling had been the one to show up for each of her first ten blind dates.
For you, he was willing to play the supporting role again and again.
Until he finally entered your world.
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Theme: Living a better life
