I Married My Ex's Best Friend

◎ He secretly loves her / Reunion after years apart / Tension and flirtation

Sitting across from her at the blind date was her ex-boyfriend's best friend.

This financial prodigy, freshly returned from Wall Street, still carried himself with his usual aloof elegance. His shirt buttons were fastened to perfection, his faint smile was impeccable, and his long fingers tapped slowly against the chin resting in his hand. He looked relaxed and composed.

"Long time no see."

Looking at the refined gentleman before her, Wen Ning remembered how he'd once been bewitched by a Cinderella, only to get cheated on and suffer his first major hit to his perfect image. She'd even mocked him for it at the time, without an ounce of sympathy.

Not long afterward, she too was cheated on by the boyfriend her family had picked for her through an arranged marriage. As she got drunk on the street and cursed the scumbag, Gu Yanchi happened to walk by.

She had watched him fall from grace, and he had coolly remarked that she'd picked the wrong person.

They had both seen each other at their most undignified.

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A top-voted answer on Zhihu: Two people who are too much alike are unlikely to end up together.

They struggle to appreciate each other and can only grow sick of one another.

So, what is it like to marry a sworn enemy you can't stand?

Wen Ning typed: Well, it's like opening a bottle of aged liquor with no idea how old it is. The first rush hits hard, and the aftereffect goes straight to your head.

In a word, it's pretty satisfying.

By chance, she glanced at a familiar username below, "Wenjiu Ning Litchi," which read:

It's not mutual. She just can't stand me. But she'll never know that I've been in love with her all along.

For all these years. And now, at last, I've gotten my wish.

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There was never any Cinderella. The beautiful rose in his heart had always been her.

[One-on-one romance]

[Both leads misunderstand each other]

Theme: Loving others and loving yourself.