[Marriage Before Love] [A Sickly Beauty's Daily Wellness Routine] [Younger Man] [Rekindled Romance]
Character dynamic: A seductive, delicate beauty x a pure-hearted college guy who gets hooked
Blurb: Meng Yanshu was the Meng family's only child, cherished by everyone when he was young. But when he was twelve, his mother died of an illness. Two years later, his father remarried, and his stepmother gave birth to a younger brother.
Meng Yanshu's health steadily declined until he eventually lost the right to inherit the family fortune.
At twenty-seven, a sudden bout of chills nearly killed him. As he hovered near death, he foresaw his future and learned that he was a cannon-fodder character in a novel with thoroughly warped values, a stepping stone on his protagonist younger brother's path to success.
His declining health was also caused by the protagonist's luck affecting him.
Meng Yanshu was so angry he laughed.
To distance himself from the Meng family and his protagonist younger brother, Meng Yanshu approached Qin Jianzhou, whose family was pressuring him to get married, and signed a marriage agreement with him.
After the wedding, Meng Yanshu teaches Chinese at a university and gets into wellness. His daily routine is goji berries steeped in a thermos, bed at nine, up at seven.
Their agreement says they won't interfere in each other's private lives after marriage. But Meng Yanshu discovers that at some point, this fun-loving young noble has settled down, and the way he looks at him has grown increasingly strange.
Meng Yanshu pulls his collar tight and swallows. Surely not? They're six years apart...
When Qin Jianzhou was twenty-one, he got injured racing cars. His family then pressured him to marry and settle down. Just as he was getting fed up, a sickly beauty showed up and proposed a marriage of convenience.
Qin Jianzhou agreed to keep his parents off his back.
Yes, the agreement said that he and Meng Yanshu wouldn't interfere in each other's lives after marriage, but he never expected Meng Yanshu to be such a fox!
Why does he come to Qin Jianzhou's room to shower when the water is too cold? Why does he pat Qin Jianzhou on the head and praise him for doing as he's told? Why is there a hot meal waiting whenever he comes home? Why is he so captivating when he teaches? Why does he dive into Qin Jianzhou's arms when a horror movie scares him? Why is his skin so pale? Why are his legs so long? Why is he so beautiful?
Meng Yanshu: "? You're being ridiculous."
Little scene 1:
The two spend a short time apart because of their marriage agreement.
When they meet again, Qin Jianzhou is clearly much more mature.
Their first impressions after reuniting:
Meng, impressed: He seems more mature, and his whole air is different from before...
Qin, gritting his teeth: I'm going to f*** him!
After they argue over some trivial thing:
Meng, helplessly: Sigh, he's still a kid after all.
Qin, gritting his teeth: I'm going to f*** you!
#Qin Jianzhou always says Meng Yanshu would be helpless without him, but he's actually the one who can't live without the other.
#No, seriously, I really was the one being seduced!
A few notes:
1. The top being playful doesn't mean he's a womanizer. He's just rebellious and likes pushing the limits.
2. One-on-one romance, happy ending, both are each other's first and only, younger man.
3. There is some face-slapping, but the story is mainly about their everyday romance. Please overlook the plot hole of the top being pressured to marry while still in college. Everything serves the romance.
4. This premise was screenshotted and saved on 2024.08.22. Do not steal it.
Theme: Prosperity, democracy, civility, and harmony