It Is the Prelude to Spring [Marriage Before Love]

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[Strangers to Newlyweds / Unrequited Love / Bittersweet Fairy Tale / Push and Pull, Sweet Romance]

Sensitive and gentle heroine x cold, powerful older man / 8-year age gap

Wen Ning became involved with Duan Qicheng because she was the niece of one of his university professors.

The Duan family stood at the top of Shanghai's elite circles, and Duan Qicheng himself was a business tycoon, the object of everyone's admiration.

When his family pressured him to marry, Duan Qicheng went to see the professor and met Wen Ning twice.

He didn't want to marry into another family in his social circle, but he needed a wife who would meet his family's approval.

For the first six months of their marriage, just as he'd said before the wedding, he remained cold and never spoke of love.

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All his friends knew Duan Qicheng had married his professor's niece to appease his family. They also knew that after graduating, she had joined his executive assistant's office and become one of his secretaries.

But the two of them still acted like strangers, and Duan Qicheng seemed to pay little attention to his wife.

Everyone in their circle sympathized with Wen Ning. Her family was ordinary, she was very young, and Duan Qicheng certainly didn't seem like someone who would fall for her.

But just a few days later, during a get-together with people from their circle, Duan Qicheng got out of the car halfway there and went to a convenience store by the roadside to buy candy.

His tipsy friend was baffled and stopped him to ask what he was doing.

The man opened the car door and said calmly, "I'm getting candy to make it up to my wife. I upset her a couple of days ago, and I didn't buy any yesterday, so she hasn't spoken to me since."

And so, several cars in a long procession, including those who had been gossiping about the marriage, were forced to stop by the roadside. Some stared in disbelief as this immensely powerful man in Shanghai bought candy for his wife.

[Winter is the prelude to spring. That you liked me too was something I never expected.]

[People spend their whole lives searching for a soul that resonates with theirs. What a wonderful surprise that it was you.]

[Recorded on 2025.11.21]

Theme: Love yourself