To the Thief [My Secret Crush Is Exposed]

Upcoming: Congratulations on Your Divorce. Extremely spicy!

Man: My wife is innocent, kind, and fragile. Oh, and she's madly in love with me.

Woman: My husband is promiscuous, fake, and disgusting. Oh, but I'm not getting divorced.

How do two gloomy babies fall in love?!

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Has she been found out for having a crush today? (woman)

Has he been exposed for knowing about her crush today? (man)

Female venture capitalist VS male CEO

[Blurb]

Six months into their marriage, Deng Xinsheng's dream girl suddenly returned to the country.

Cheng Cheng decided to get a divorce before Deng Xinsheng discovered her crush on him.

At least she could preserve her usual dignity by leaving as someone who had never been loved in return.

On the night of the welcome-back banquet, Deng Xinsheng abandoned the guests and went to find her at a bar.

He said, "As your husband, taking care of my drunk wife is one of my duties."

Cheng Cheng stared at him for a moment. "You didn't come to the bar just to fish me out and fulfill your marital duties, did you?"

"Taking care of you is my duty in public. As for the other thing..."

He paused. "That's a right you can choose to exercise when we're alone."

As a female venture capitalist, Cheng Cheng prided herself on never making a losing investment.

But from the moment she entered an arranged marriage with Deng Xinsheng, she knew that the one who fell in love first was at a disadvantage.

"I love you, so I can't let myself stand beside you as the one with less power."

Deng Xinsheng had always made "a good match in status" his four-character rule for choosing a partner.

So he was very satisfied with his marriage and with the wife he had married.

What he liked most about his wife was her crush on him.

He was like a master who let a thief into his home, then hid in the dark to watch.

Cheng Cheng was like that thief, thinking she was clever.

Deng Xinsheng enjoyed the sense of control and... security.

Deng Xinsheng thought he would go on being happy forever.

Until one day, he suddenly understood something.

"He chose Cheng Cheng because she was rich."

"Cheng Cheng chose him because she loved him."

He could always remain rich.

Would Cheng Cheng always love him?

Next up: Congratulations on Your Divorce

Blurb:

An aloof, gloomy beauty with the bearing of a high mountain flower VS a stubborn, gloomy wife guy

In the fifth month of her marriage, Meng Shu wanted a divorce.

On the first day of the sixth month, she joined an anonymous call-in segment on a famous divorce livestream.

Live viewers: 100,000+

The lawyer hosting the stream asked her to describe her marriage, saying everyone in the audience was her dearest friend.

"My husband leaves early and gets home late every day. He hands over his salary on time every month. On Valentine's Day, Qixi, Christmas... oh, and Mother's Day, too, he gives me gifts and flowers. He takes me to every event, and he always wears a wedding ring on his ring finger..." Meng Shu said expressionlessly.

Host: Uh. This is a divorce livestream, ma'am. Are you sure you haven't called the wrong stream?

Viewers: Is she showing off here?/I don't belong here/(eye roll)

Meng Shu remained unfazed. "I have the right place."

Her eyes shifted stiffly as she continued, "But all that money going back and forth is still marital property. Every time he gives me 999 roses, I end up in the emergency room because I'm allergic. He's wasting our shared money on these pointless things. And that wedding ring he wears at all times should have my name engraved inside, but... it's blank. He works early and late, but from morning to night, I can see him in entertainment news with different women."

The host was stunned. "That's more like it. I mean, ma'am, you did call the right place. Let's see what the ladies in the stream have to say."

The comments instantly took off: Your husband is trying to hurt you/ (taking back what I just said)/So that bastard is wearing a ring with his other woman's name on it? And he got a fake one to pretend he's devoted?/Next time someone tells me to get married, I'll show them this case!

Meng Shu blinked and sincerely asked, "How can I win back my husband's heart?"

Everyone: ... (We just met a hopeless romantic today.)

Ignoring the flood of comments saying "Good luck," "Stay together forever," and "Keep being his doormat," Meng Shu said calmly, "I don't care about getting a little more or less money in the divorce. I want him to fall in love with me. I want every penny of our marital property to become my personal property, so we never have to argue over dividing it. So how do I become a good wife and make him love me?"

The livestream went silent for two seconds, then erupted like never before.

Virtual castles, sports cars, and other gifts flooded the stream.

The host pressed her lips together and dug her nails into her thigh, barely keeping from laughing. Then Meng Shu gave a soft click of her tongue. "Never mind. There are too many people watching. I'm in a bit of danger." Then she left the call.

Comments: More than a bit... he's in danger too.

After leaving the call, Meng Shu earnestly picked up How to Make Your Husband Dote on You for Life and continued reading.

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His wife had always been innocent, kind, beautiful, and fragile. Whether she sat or stood, moved or stayed still, she was like a pale, perfect plaster statue displayed on a shelf labeled "Wife," dazzlingly white yet alluring.

Xu You thought he loved his wife too. After all, he coveted everything beautiful, whether it was money, power, possessions, or people, especially when they weren't supposed to belong to him. He carefully cherished everything he owned, and that included this "wife."

He worked hard to learn how to be a good husband. He dragged himself to work early and came home late seven days a week, even though the office was empty on weekends. He handed most of his weekly earnings to his wife, then used the pocket money he kept back to forge a wedding ring he was supposed to have but didn't, wearing it to every kind of occasion to proclaim his loyalty. He remembered every anniversary and holiday, big or small, and presented her with gifts and flowers, even though she always ran away, overwhelmed with emotion.

But his wife still loved him. It wasn't hard to tell from the books she studied.

So, to keep her from being sad, he played the part of a devoted husband even more carefully, since her husband, his older brother, had been dead for a long time.

Blurb first published on 2025.02.16

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