Falling in Love After Marriage

Xie Qingzi had known for a long time that she would have to enter an arranged marriage. The year she turned twenty-two, a row of photographs was laid out on the table for her to choose from.

She picked the one she liked best.

The man in the photo was handsome, with deep-set eyes and refined yet striking features. He was the current head of the Wen family, said to be devoted to business and uninterested in marriage.

They hit it off immediately and agreed to play loving spouses in front of their families and friends, while keeping out of each other's way in private.

As expected, after the wedding they were close in name only. For about 350 days a year, they lived apart, and when they occasionally returned to their marital home together, they still slept in separate rooms.

They even skipped their marital duties.

Looking at the huge allowance that landed in her account on time every month, Xie Qingzi thought she could keep this up for another fifty years.

Then one day, she got drunk and crawled into Wen Ye's bed. She never moved out again.

The man who had spent so long living apart from her came home every night for a whole month. Except when he was away on business, they never lived apart again.

Even so, rumors that they were about to divorce kept cropping up.

After one particularly intimate encounter, Xie Qingzi lay in his arms, cheeks flushed, and asked anxiously, “That wasn't the last time, was it?”

Wen Ye bent down and kissed her eyes. “Zizi, I want us to be a normal married couple. Let's call off those old arrangements.”

Xie Qingzi was silent for a few seconds, then asked nervously, “Will I still get my allowance?”

Wen Ye: “...”

Theme: Cherish marriage and family