You Can't Marry Your Nemesis

Song Ruiqing really can't stand Chen Shaoqin, that arrogant young master of the Chen family.

Chen Shaoqin is three years older than her and the classic golden child everyone else's parents rave about.

They used to keep out of each other's way, and Song Ruiqing could even put up with her parents endlessly praising someone else's kid at home.

But this guy reported her for fighting in elementary school, for dating in middle school, and even stole her business when she first joined the family company in college.

He's my lifelong nemesis, Song Ruiqing thought.

Then they both got drunk at a single friend's party celebrating their last night of freedom.

They woke up in the same bed.

Song Ruiqing's hand was on his abs, Chen Shaoqin had an arm around her waist, and neither of them was properly dressed.

After they opened their eyes and met each other's gaze, they silently chose to get dressed and put that night behind them with dignity.

Two months later, at a banquet, Song Ruiqing felt unwell and retched in the bathroom. When she came out, she ran into Chen Shaoqin at the door. His gaze slowly moved from her face to her flat stomach.

"Are you pregnant?"

The possibility took root like a land mine.

Chen Shaoqin insisted on accompanying her to the hospital himself for a checkup.

Luckily, Song Ruiqing only had indigestion.

Unfortunately, they ran into Chen Shaoqin's mother as they came out with the test results.

The elegant lady, who had taken a liking to Song Ruiqing for the first time in her life, gave her son a loving yet forceful talking-to, then guiltily said that their family ought to take responsibility for Song Ruiqing.

"...Huh?"

Things took a turn Song Ruiqing never expected. By the time this farce was nearly over, she and Chen Shaoqin were seated at a formal betrothal meeting. Their parents had once had a few business-related disputes, but those were now water under the bridge.

To Song Ruiqing, a nemesis was a nemesis. A nemesis could never become her husband.

So she and Chen Shaoqin made a three-year pact. Their marriage would be in name only, and they would divorce as agreed after three years.

Three years was neither long nor short. It was enough time for complications to arise between them, and enough time for Song Ruiqing to steel herself.

She asked for a divorce right on schedule.

Chen Shaoqin had just returned from a business trip. He looked at his wife, the gift he'd specially bought for her in his hand. As usual, he came inside, washed his hands, and walked over to her.

"All right. But we need to revise the terms of the agreement we made three years ago."

"You can have the house, the car, and the savings. You can have me and the cat, too."

Theme: Always be sincere in love.