Our Remarriage Diary

My new novel, New Marriage, Old Love, is now available (the groveling ex trope, fake-versus-real heiress trope)

[One]

Zhou Huailu was a pampered young master held in the highest regard in Xiangshan and Macau.

He was like a bright, pristine moon, so noble that no one could touch him or dare cross the line. Gentle as jade, a perfect gentleman, peerlessly captivating.

So Jiang Zhi inevitably fell for him, and loved him for nearly ten years.

At last, after plotting and scheming with all her might, she married him.

But after they married, he never once looked at her properly, and he didn’t love her.

In the third year of their marriage, she saw in the news that his moonlight had returned to China. In the photo, his gaze burned with a kind of love she had never seen from him. Jiang Zhi finally chose to give up. She couldn’t warm a heart that refused to thaw, so she decided to stop trying.

The night she handed Zhou Huailu the divorce papers, he was dressed in a suit and looked down at the words “divorce papers.” He only asked, “Divorce?”

“Do you have other plans?”

He didn’t ask why she wanted a divorce, but what other plans she had.

Jiang Zhi knew then that he had never considered her his wife.

When he signed so readily, it was as if she were a hot potato to him.

At that moment, Jiang Zhi gave up completely.

[Two]

Later, Jiang Zhi’s life flourished. She became a trusted confidante, her love life blossomed, and she had countless suitors.

At one gathering, Jiang Zhi arrived on the arm of Shao Jun, a famous playboy from Beijing’s social scene.

Another guest arrived at the same time: a man who showed up late but was welcomed like a star. Jiang Zhi’s ex-husband, Zhou Huailu.

He still had that composed air about him, wearing a custom-tailored suit, a long arm draped with his jacket. His deep eyes swept over Jiang Zhi, and he was clearly surprised.

At the dinner table, Shao Jun proudly introduced her as his girlfriend.

Everyone raised their glasses to toast them, wishing them a lifetime of happiness together.

Suddenly, a steady male voice cut through the well-wishes.

“Zhizhi.”

Everyone turned toward the speaker. Zhou Huailu’s expression was blank as he parted his thin lips and said, “You said you’d consider remarrying me. When will you give me an answer?”

Everyone: “?”

What?! Remarry?!

When did Zhou Huailu and Jiang Zhi ever get married?

[Side story]

One day at an auction, Zhou Huailu cornered her outside a hotel.

Thunder rumbled and lightning flashed. He had no umbrella, and seemed to have just rushed back from out of town.

His tall frame was drenched, travel-worn and exhausted.

The usually gentle, refined gentleman Zhou Huailu had lost control for once. His eyes were bloodshot, and he struggled to speak, pleading in the most abject way: “Can’t you really give me one more chance?”

Jiang Zhi held an umbrella, her manner gentle. She looked at him as if he were a stranger, and her red lips formed two words: “No.”

Then she linked arms with her male companion and strode past him in high heels, like a proud black swan.

[Three]

At the beginning of the divorce, Jiang Zhi was heartbroken and couldn’t sleep at night.

Later, Zhou Huailu became the one who was heartbroken and couldn’t sleep at night.

1. The groveling ex trope

2. The moonlight is a misunderstanding

3. Don’t attack the female lead or the author. The male lead is fair game.

My new novel, New Marriage, Old Love, is now available.

[The groveling ex trope / fake-versus-real heiress / age gap / powerful man x student]

No one in the Macau district doesn’t know Mr. Fang. Even though he’s only staying temporarily in Shanghai, he can still stir up half the city.

Everyone praises him as a gentleman, an outstanding man, a refined young master.

Only Shen Li knows how far he is from a gentleman, and that he has a secret relationship with her.

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

She thought he cared about her, at least a little.

Until she discovered he had lied to her and gone to meet a potential match behind her back.

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

To him, she was just a pet kept by his side, one he could call over or send away at will. He could indulge her, but he didn’t love her.

-

At a drinks gathering after they reunited, Shen Li attended with an elder from the Wen family. When he saw her sitting beside the Wen family elder, he learned she was the Wen family’s daughter.

That day was the matchmaking banquet the Wen family had arranged for her.

But her prospective match wasn’t him.

At the table, Shen Li seemed interested.

That night, Fang Huaixu appeared downstairs from Shen Li’s home. The usually gentle man looked a little angry around the eyes as he asked, “Are you thinking of saying yes?”

Shen Li said, “What does it have to do with you whether I say yes or not?”

-

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

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

He never expected her to refuse the marriage alliance with the Fang family.

Not only that, she had changed. She was no longer gentle, considerate, obedient, or understanding.

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

Until one day, he discovered she had dated someone else during the gap in their relationship.

When this ex came looking for her, Fang Huaixu could no longer hold back.

He lowered his voice and demanded an explanation, only to get a casual reply:

“Mr. Fang, how can you be so naive?”

“What gives you the right to expect me to love only you, from beginning to end?”

-

First, Fang Huaixu lied to her and hid the fact that he was meeting a potential match.

Later, he followed Shen Li around with no title or status, watching her go on matchmaking dates.

1. SC

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

Theme: If you love someone, keep loving them