Savoring the Moment [Marriage Before Love]

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Marriage first, love later, with top-tier romantic tension

Blurb:

Shu Qing had no choice but to marry Qin Zhao, the cold and ruthless tycoon of Beijing, in a political marriage. On their wedding night, she deliberately tried to seduce him.

To her surprise, he remained unmoved and even told her to behave herself.

Shu Qing was happy to oblige, and soon began living a freer, more carefree life than she had before marriage.

They each went about their own lives. Shu Qing thought things would stay that way, but then she noticed Qin Zhao looking at her more and more strangely.

He was either sending her gifts every few days or making lavish presents of company shares and luxury apartments.

Shu Qing accepted everything without hesitation, occasionally rewarding him with a smile.

When both their families pestered them to have a baby, Shu Qing impatiently brushed them off: "He's no good in bed!"

That night, Qin Zhao came home, slowly loosening his tie as he walked toward her and backed her up against the bed.

"I heard you've been telling everyone I'm no good in bed."

"..."

Shu Qing broke into a cold sweat, not knowing how to defend herself.

Qin Zhao's gaze turned dark. He pinched her chin with his long fingers. "How would you know if I'm any good unless you try me yourself..."

Later, even after they'd become thoroughly familiar with each other in bed, Shu Qing still had no feelings for him.

One day, Shu Qing and her best friend curiously ordered a male escort at a karaoke bar. Qin Zhao waited at home with the lights on until the middle of the night before she finally returned. The smell of alcohol had already reddened his eyes. He asked humbly, "What do I have to do to earn a place in your heart?"

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Blurb:

1. Three years ago, Ye Wannian was the unattainable heiress in everyone's eyes, surrounded by admirers, spoiled and aristocratic.

She tried every trick in the book, happily pursuing Ji Yun, the rising star of the business world.

She thought she had plenty of time, and that sooner or later Ji Yun would be hers.

But then her family was destroyed, and she fell to rock bottom, landing in prison while consumed by despair.

After getting out, she struggled to make ends meet and started a small business outside a school, selling snacks for one yuan a skewer.

To her surprise, the man she had never been able to forget appeared at her stall. When she looked up, she saw his eyes, red with hatred.

Even more unexpected, he ended up in the hospital after eating her food.

She dutifully took care of him, only to end up in bed with him.

2

Ji Yun remembered Ye Wannian as she was three years ago: bright, bold, and always out having fun around Beijing with his younger brother Ji Cheng and his crowd. Even when she saw him, stern as he was, she'd grin and tease him. But now she was so careful even when speaking to him, and she wouldn't even meet his eyes.

She had even hesitated for ages when he proposed.

That was bad enough, but he went fishing in the sea and catching pigs in the mountains for her, doing everything he could to treat her well, and still couldn't win her sincere affection.

In the end, he had no choice but to use his looks to please her.

Luckily, that lasted a lifetime...

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