The Trial Marriage Game

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Jewelry heiress from Beijing's elite circle x powerful tycoon from Hong Kong's wealthy elite

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[Intangible cultural heritage paper-parasol artisan x calculating, devoted investment tycoon]

[Marriage before love / Secret crush comes true / Reunited after years apart]

Word has it that He Wenzhou, heir to Beijing's most powerful He family, is cold and passionless. At thirty, he's unmarried and has never been linked to anyone romantically.

Yet at an airport after returning to China, he invited a young woman running away from her wedding to marry him:

"Miss Shen, would you be interested in becoming Mrs. He? If you are, I can help you resolve all your current difficulties."

Shen Wujin looked doubtful. "Mr. He, you can't force matters of the heart."

He gave a low laugh, his eyes full of indifference. "It's just to appease my family. We'll divorce after a year. It won't inconvenience you."

Thinking of her predicament, Shen Wujin made a snap decision and agreed, unaware that she was walking right into a trap.

After they married, she continued researching traditional paper parasols and even planned to open a shop specializing in them.

He Wenzhou didn't object. He fully supported her, even telling everyone that Mrs. He was gentle and virtuous, an inheritor of the paper-parasol craft, and that marrying Shen Wujin was his good fortune.

In Shen Wujin's eyes, He Wenzhou was always gentle, and seemed like the perfect partner. But she also knew they were married by contract, only putting on an act because they had no other choice. Their relationship would inevitably end one day.

Rather than wait for He Wenzhou to be the one to end things, she decided to cut off her feelings first.

She'd fallen for him, and it was time to leave.

The day he returned from an overseas trip, he saw the divorce papers on the table and nearly fell apart.

Looking at her, already packed and ready to leave, he said coldly, "Shen Wujin, do you have no heart?"

She fought back her feelings and turned away from his gaze. "We were only married by contract. This is where it should end."

She thought she could leave easily, but the usually gentlemanly, refined man cornered her. "Shen Wujin, can't you look at me just once? Give me even the tiniest bit of your love."

Only later did she learn that the famous Mr. He of Beijing, renowned for avoiding women, had already fallen for someone long ago.

Her perspective: marriage before love. His perspective: secret crush comes true.

[Shen Wujin, if you're going to get married, why not give us a try?]

P.S. Creating a novel isn't easy. Please respect original work. Reusing ideas, combining ideas, and plagiarism are prohibited. Screenshots of this blurb were archived on May 30, 2024.

Revised for the second time on May 24, 2025.

Blurb for A Sleepless Night in Beijing:

★ Age gap / Wolf-and-rabbit romance / Powerful Beijing tycoon brought down from his pedestal by love

★ Female university student in Peking University's dance department x powerful tycoon from Beijing's elite circle

Wen Zhiyin first met Liang Linchao at the Beijing International Ballet Competition, where he attended as an investor in the National Ballet of China.

They met for the second time when she was working part-time as a dance teacher and happened to run into him picking up his niece.

Liang Linchao arranged for someone to give her special consideration, emboldening the girl who had already fallen for him at first sight to take the first step.

That year, she was nineteen and he was thirty.

Her sincere confession made him unable to bring himself to turn her down.

She was sincere, lovely, kind, and lively, bringing a lot of joy into his life.

Later, Liang Linchao kept her like a canary, treating her with tenderness and care and indulging her every whim.

Wen Zhiyin knew the difference in their status, but at the time she believed love could overcome anything.

Only later did she realize that she had planned for the future and dreamed of forever, while Liang Linchao had never once said he would marry her.

That's when she understood why everyone called Mr. Liang cold and heartless.

She was his canary, and could only ever be his canary.

When she finally came to her senses, Wen Zhiyin understood her place and the vast gulf between her and Mr. Liang.

He would eventually marry someone else, while she would forever remain his secret mistress, hidden from the world.

It was only when Wen Zhiyin left that Liang Linchao realized his little canary had grown strong wings and would fly away after all.

He thought he could accept it, until she was gone and he realized that he was the one going mad.

After graduating, Wen Zhiyin joined the Hong Kong Ballet.

In the year they were apart, she was diagnosed with depression and had to take medication every day to treat it.

Meanwhile, the powerful head of the Liang family, once so far above everyone else, drank and smoked every day, sinking into depravity.

When faced with a marriage alliance arranged by his family, Liang Linchao realized he could only be with Wen Zhiyin. Even if it meant giving up his position as heir, he would go find her.

When they met again, the man beside her nearly drove him out of his mind.

"Yinyin, who is he?"

"What right does Mr. Liang have to question me?"

He ignored her wishes and kept her by his side. Whether she wanted it or not, he wouldn't let her go this time.

Theme: Grow stronger through adversity