Newlyweds in Their Eighth Year

They get their marriage license at the start / He has a secret crush / Air Force pilot x prosecutor Synopsis: On the day they were supposed to get their marriage license, Tang Ran was dumped by the man she'd met through a matchmaker. He admitted he didn't love her, so he couldn't marry her. Tang Ran leaned against the wall outside the civil affairs bureau, lost in thought as she reviewed all of Tan Zhe's behavior throughout their relationship. It all proved what people online said: When it comes to blind dates and marriage, every man is an Oscar-worthy actor. She'd thought Tan Zhe liked her. He'd certainly acted like he did. As her thoughts drifted, a hand reached out from beside her. A tissue pinched between long, slender fingers trembled in the bitter winter wind. Tang Ran sniffed. "Thanks, but I'm not crying." Her stuffy nose was from the cold wind, and the tip of her red nose was almost frozen stiff. The man chuckled softly, but didn't move his hand. Tang Ran looked at him suspiciously. His slightly upturned phoenix eyes calmly shifted away when their gazes met. In that instant, Tang Ran suddenly realized something and quickly snatched the tissue from his hand. Her first meeting with her future husband was when the cold made her nose run, and he held back his laughter. * These days, are blind dates all just an act? How is that any different from picking up some random man off the street? Tang Ran agreed to marry Song Boqiao, whom she'd met only once. At least he was handsome and had good prospects. He showed her his ID and military officer's certificate, and he really was an Air Force major. He had a good income and promised to hand it all over to her. After the wedding, they lived apart in different cities. Tang Ran received a huge sum every month and didn't have to play wife or daughter-in-law. Her life was blissfully comfortable. Until one day, she received a call from an unknown number. Thinking it was a work call, she answered out of habit: "Sixth Prosecutorial Department, Tang Ran speaking. Who is this?" A lazy, amused voice replied, "Your husband." "..." Following the familiar voice, she looked up at the tall man leaning in the doorway of her office, his long shadow stretching behind him in the sunset. This is it. Her comfortable life is over. * Tang Ran had always thought she first met Song Boqiao that day outside the civil affairs bureau. It wasn't until she finally went with him to the capital to meet his parents that she learned his mother had been her high school English teacher. Much later, she happened to open the old-fashioned rosewood box in his bedside table. Among the medals for military merit lay a hair clip she'd left behind at her teacher's house while attending high school tutoring. He had kept it in a delicate dustproof case, still as shiny as the day she'd lost it. It turned out none of it was fate. What she'd thought was their first meeting had been the eighth year of his long-laid plan. [Wild, rebellious Air Force pilot x beautiful, ambitious prosecutor] Both leads are each other's first and only. HE, a realistic fairy tale. No real-life inspiration. The heroine is career-minded, the hero is love-minded. Please take note if that bothers you. Secondary couple: the woman has no prior partners, the man does (highlighted!) My next novel, Knowing Full Well It's a Delusion, is coming soon. Please add it to your reading list! Synopsis: At sixteen, Gu Yuan's hamster was accidentally killed by someone who fed it too much. That person followed her around the streets of New York for more than three hours, humbling himself and trying to appease her. "Don't be mad. I'll get you a new one." "Here, a golden hamster with color-point markings. A fine pedigree, just like you..." Years later, at a restaurant for a blind date, the strange man across from her went on and on about himself while Gu Yuan mentally rehearsed tomorrow's surgery. Suddenly, her phone vibrated, and two messages appeared on the screen: [Don't be mad. Last night was my fault.] [I'll make it up to you with a hundred new dresses. Is that enough?] (Doctor x CEO / cool, career-focused workaholic x sharp-tongued, devoted simp / fake heiress x heir) Rekindling a broken romance / marriage first, love later Theme: Protect justice and keep a clear conscience.