A Tea-Inspired Marriage Pact

Gentle tea-tourism business owner x proud, sharp-tongued investment tycoon

[Marriage first, love later / Everyday push and pull / The male lead falls first]

Fu Yancheng was a top investment tycoon in western Beijing, cool-headed, disciplined, and uninterested in women.

After inheriting a tea plantation, Ye Qing devoted herself to getting Fu Yancheng to invest in her family's failing business.

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Fu Yancheng lowered the car window. His handsome face was cool and distant. "Didn't you say you absolutely had to win me over today?"

He paused. "Then let's get married."

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She remembered the first time they met.

She was in a hurry to deliver something to the senior she had a crush on and accidentally bumped into him. He hadn't said a word to her, but from that one glance, she could feel how distant and indifferent he was.

The next time they met was at a Jingshan tea banquet. In the dark meditation room, she was like a ray of light, held tight in Fu Yancheng's arms. He held her and whispered, "Don't go."

She was the only one who had seen him vulnerable.

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Later, in an interview, she watched him smile slightly. "Yes, I'm married. The Shanyue Tea brand was my wedding gift to my wife."

Only she knew their marriage was nothing but a transaction between them, each getting what they needed.

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But later, she began to suspect he was pretending less and less, until they finally crossed that line...

In the steamy bathroom, he pinned her against the wall, his breath hot. Her ears flushed red as she lowered her head. "Last night... it was your fault for kissing me first."

He chuckled. "Mm, my fault."

Then Hou Mengzhao returned to the country, and he saw her sneaking off to meet him.

Their agreement had just expired. He let her go and quietly helped her resolve everything.

Then the news broke: Tea-tourism business owner "seduces tycoon into a fake marriage to cash out."

That day, the Shenghong official Weibo account posted: "It's a real marriage. I was the one who seduced her." They tagged Shanyue Tea, and the story stayed on the trending list for three days.

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She looked at him with reddened eyes. "Didn't you tell me to leave?"

"And if I tell you to leave, you'll just go?"

"Didn't you say we were divorced?"

He could no longer hold back. He lowered his head and kissed her. "Who said we were divorced?"

[Reader's Guide]

1. Both are virgins, happy ending.

2. The female lead is a slow burn and grows over the course of the story.

The next book is Snow in My Palm. Please add it to your collection!

A flexible, resilient girl × an arrogant, unhinged man

Step-siblings / Taking by force / Love and hate entwined

Luo Mingting, the heir to the Luo family, was someone no one in his social circle dared to provoke. Yet someone witnessed the new "little sister" pouring tea all over him.

The day Liang Yixue was brought into the Luo family, a blizzard swept through western Beijing.

In the main reception hall, Luo Mingting leaned against a huanghuali armchair. His features were refined and proper, but his eyes were veiled by a bleak, cold gloom.

Rumor had it she was the Luo family's illegitimate daughter. Everyone thought Luo Mingting despised this "little sister."

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At a party, someone cornered Liang Yixue and spoke to her lewdly. "Why pretend you're so pure? Can't you use the same tricks your mother used to control men?"

Before the laughter around them had even died away, a champagne glass came flying down from the second floor. It grazed the man's ear and smashed against the wall.

Everyone looked up in alarm.

Luo Mingting leaned casually against the railing, half his body hidden in shadow. He looked down at them, radiating an icy menace.

Liang Yixue stood rooted to the spot, her palm slick with sweat.

She didn't know whether he was stepping in to defend her or declaring something else entirely.

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A rainy night. Water streamed down the car windows, and the interior was cramped and dim.

Luo Mingting trapped Liang Yixue in the back seat, gripping her wrist. His voice was low and hoarse. "I heard you have a boyfriend now?"

Liang Yixue turned her face away without answering.

Luo Mingting gripped her chin and forced her to face him. A dark fire burned in his eyes. "He's coming back, and you're happy about that?"

Liang Yixue only wanted to behave herself in the Luo family and endure a year before leaving as planned, but Luo Mingting refused to let her go.

Then another crisis hit her family, and with nowhere else to turn, she went to Luo Mingting for help.

The chill of the night dew still clung to him, but his fingertips were scorching hot.

"Begging me?" He looked into her rain-soaked eyes, his thumb brushing her lips. "What will you offer me?"

Her eyelashes trembled violently.

He suddenly smiled, lowered his head, and kissed her quivering lashes. His hot breath poured into her ear.

"Where else can you run, Liang Yixue?"

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Later, everyone in their circle was saying that the Luo family's heir had knelt all night in front of his mother.

No one knew that she wasn't the one trapped. He was the one who no longer wanted to leave this snowstorm.

Reader's Guide:

1. Happy ending, both are virgins.

2. Seven-year age gap. She runs, he chases. Angsty, melodramatic, and full of intense push and pull.

3. The leads aren't on the same household register and aren't blood-related.

4. The male lead isn't a good person, but he is devoted to her alone.

Theme: Love is both poison and cure.