How to Get Tangled Up with a Cool and Distant Married Woman

Third-person narration, updated twice a week. Also known as "You're Getting Married, But I'm Not the Groom"

A shameless, lovesick bastard gong who goes crazy for love VS a resolute shou who seems forced to compromise but is actually willing

Affectionate puppy [gong] VS aloof cutie [shou]

Song Yubai was hurriedly summoned home by his family to attend his cousin's wedding.

Before his plane had even landed, he heard that his cousin's arranged-marriage partner was blind.

Song Yubai spent hours gloating. He never thought his sanctimonious cousin would get his comeuppance.

On the wedding day, he was drinking in the banquet hall with a childhood friend he hadn't seen in years. His friend had yet to meet Zhou Xuheng's new wife, and asked Song Yubai, who was Zhou Xuheng's cousin, out of curiosity, "Hey, what's your sister-in-law like? Is she pretty?"

Song Yubai held a glass of red wine in one hand and leaned back on the sofa. Perhaps he'd had too much to drink, because he looked a little dazed. In a haze, he couldn't help recalling the previous day, when he first met Xie Shiwei.

It was kind of funny that he'd mistaken the slender omega for a beta.

At that moment, Song Yubai's mind conjured those pale eyes. Under the lights, their irises were almost transparent, clear as water from a newly thawing glacier, almost unreal.

That scene now burned in Song Yubai's heart like a red-hot iron.

He looked up, thought for a moment, then smiled lecherously at his friend. "Pretty? Gorgeous."

Song Yubai had planned to leave the day after the wedding, but on the wedding night, as he passed the newlyweds' room, he heard Zhou Xuheng's cold voice from inside.

"I married you because I had no choice. Don't get your hopes up. In two years, I'll give you the divorce papers. You can leave whenever you want."

"And although you're my wife in name, you're nothing compared to Xiao Wan. After we're married, if you dare go after him, I won't let you get away with it."

Song Yubai stood by the door listening for a while. At last, he heard the omega reply in a calm, unyielding voice, clear and lovely: "All right."

On his wedding night, Zhou Xuheng secretly left the house without telling anyone. He abandoned his wife to go see his mistress.

So, emboldened by the alcohol, Song Yubai pushed open the door.

"Sister-in-law, I came to see you." The Alpha chuckled softly as he approached the omega, who had just finished bathing and was sitting by the bed.

As expected, when Song Yubai leaned down to kiss him, he got slapped.

But he wasn't upset. He crouched down and continued shamelessly, taking the omega's slender fingers in his hand and bringing them close to smell.

"Sister-in-law, you smell so good."

Later, Xie Shiwei's belly began to swell.

When the truth came to light, Song Yubai remained calm as he carefully helped the omega he cherished downstairs.

Zhou Xuheng flew home overnight from the city where he was on a business trip.

Furious, he froze on the spot and pointed at Song Yubai, cursing, "You bastard! He's your sister-in-law!"

Song Yubai grinned. "Not anymore."

Zhou Xuheng flew into a rage.

But from the corner of his eye, he saw that the omega who was his wife in name hadn't even turned his head. From beginning to end, Xie Shiwei had simply stood there quietly, without so much as lifting his lashes, as if Zhou Xuheng wasn't worth a single expression.

"Xiao Wei..." Zhou Xuheng felt a sudden panic in his chest.

At that moment, Song Yubai stepped in front of Zhou Xuheng, blocking his view. "As you can see, we're very much in love."

"Don't bother my wife again."

Zhou Xuheng stood rooted to the spot, the color draining from his face.

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The gong's confession

I gave myself three chances to give you up. The first was when I met you and you were already someone else's wife. The second was on the day you married that good-for-nothing. You looked beautiful in your wedding clothes, like a celestial maiden descended to earth, but the person standing beside you wasn't me. The third was outside your room. Luckily, I heard him threatening you, so I immediately canceled my ticket to go abroad. Since that good-for-nothing couldn't do the job, I'd take his place.

Content warning: melodrama

Theme: I saw you crying that day, so my heart softened.