A Husband's Appearance, a Wife's Glory

Female CEO x superstar // marriage first, love later

Xia Qingyan and Qin Rang were joined in a business marriage. Before the wedding, they agreed on three rules.

First: Don't interfere in each other's work or personal lives.

Second: Don't interfere in each other's friendships.

Third: This marriage is only a temporary arrangement, a matter of going along with circumstances. After three years, either of us can call it off at any time.

Xia Qingyan fought her way through more than ten heirs of the Xia family to become its sole successor. Rumor had it she was decisive, cunning, and cold-blooded.

Qin Rang was the second young master of the Qin family. He'd never applied himself to anything, but he had an extraordinarily handsome face. He eventually entered show business and became a superstar adored by millions.

He was busy, and she was even busier.

They only saw each other at their weekly family dinners.

Everything was harmonious.

There was just one small problem: Why did her husband have to talk so dirty whenever they were...?

Xia Qingyan truly couldn't understand it, and she was finding it harder and harder to put up with.

In the third year of their marriage, a man appeared at Xia Qingyan's company.

He came from a wealthy family, was considerate, gentle, handsome and fair-skinned, and could cook. Every day, he fawned over Xia Qingyan and brought her a loving lunch.

She hadn't eaten any, but for one brief moment, she wavered. She suddenly understood why men loved a woman who knew how to comfort them. Her father's generosity with his affections had a reason after all.

Qin Rang was a thousand miles away, holding a concert, when he somehow heard about it. The very next day, he showed up without warning in the CEO's office at Xia Corporation.

He wrapped an arm around Xia Qingyan's waist, pinning her between himself and the chair as he demanded, "Tell me, who's better-looking, me or him? Who do you want, me or him?"

Xia Qingyan looked at him, his brows drawn together and his temper flaring. "..."

1. The leads are in a business marriage. They go a long time without loving each other and both treat the marriage as a formality. Their relationship is the only real thing about them: in name and in practice, they are husband and wife. Everything else is fake.

2. The hero loves racing and rock climbing, and anything adventurous. He's loyal only to his wife, and talks nonstop around her. With everyone else, he's cold and doesn't smile much.

3. The hero is clingy, clingy, and very clingy.

****[Bonus Scene]*****

One day, Qin Rang accompanied Xia Qingyan to a networking event. Everyone there was an industry or business elite, and Qin Rang was the only male celebrity. Someone even took a photo of him.

In the photo, Qin Rang looked bored, resting his head on a woman's shoulder as he rubbed against her and talked.

The picture caused an uproar as soon as it was posted.

The day's top trending topic across the internet: #Ten bucks for the truth: Who exactly is the woman beside Qin Rang?#

It didn't take long for the woman's identity to be uncovered: Xia Qingyan, the eldest daughter of the Xia family's first wife and the Xia family's second young lady.

People also dug up the fact that she was the real power behind the Xia family, a decisive and formidable hidden powerhouse.

Rumor had it that Xia Qingyan was deeply in love with a man. She'd lavished all her attention on him, set off fireworks across the city for him, and even built a whole building for him.

Qin Rang had been worrying that he had no chance to make his relationship with Xia Qingyan public, while flocks of admirers kept trying to get close to her. Now he had his chance.

Qin Rang took the initiative and posted to claim her: "The building was for me, the fireworks were for me, and all that attention was for me. She's madly in love with me."

He posted a picture of the distinctive R on the city's landmark building, along with a photo of the two of them holding hands and watching fireworks at Jin San Zhou.

Beneath the fireworks, President Xia wore a faint smile. Qin Rang looked at her, grinning from ear to ear. His dazzling smile shone beneath the fireworks, drawing more eyes than they did.

After that, more and more candid photos of the two of them together surfaced.

When the trending topic first appeared: That woman isn't good enough for Qin Rang.

After Xia Qingyan's identity was uncovered: Qin Rang isn't good enough for her.

Finally: Fine, fine, fine. A husband's good looks, a wife's glory. Qin Rang, I won't say who envies you for being this lucky!

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Blurb:

Xiang Wan never expected that the man her boss introduced her to for a blind date would be one of her high school classmates.

Feeling a little awkward and ill at ease in front of her old classmate, Xiang Wan said, "My boss may not have explained things clearly. I've already been married once, and I have a nine-year-old daughter."

They hadn't spoken much back in school. After graduating from college, she got married and had a child, living an ordinary life. Later, she happened to hear that he had started a business in college, and within a few years his company had gone public. He was every bit the favored son of heaven.

He was handsome and distinguished, so out of place in this ordinary cafe.

Xiang Wan quickly laid out her situation, figuring she could still get home in time to make dinner for her daughter. Unexpectedly, Huo Siyue looked at her and said calmly, "Perfect. I don't want to have any more children either."

Much later, Xiang Wan finally understood what he meant by that. She'd already decided the blind date was over, so all she could say was, "...What?"

Two days later, Xiang Wan walked out of the civil affairs bureau with Huo Siyue, staring at the red marriage certificate in her hand, dazed.

Had she really married Huo Siyue?

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After they married, Huo Siyue insisted that Xiang Wan and her daughter move in with him.

The first night, Xiang Wan put her daughter to bed and fell asleep beside her in her room.

The second night, Xiang Wan put her daughter to bed and didn't return to her own room again.

On the third night, just as Xiang Wan was about to go put her daughter to bed, Mr. Huo intercepted her in the hallway.

Huo Siyue's handsome face was cool and expressionless. He lowered his eyes to look at her. "Your daughter is already nine. She should have learned how to sleep by herself."

That night, Xiang Wan barely slept in Huo Siyue's bed.

Later, Huo Siyue stood by the window, watching Xiang Wan laughing and chatting with their daughter as they watered the flowers downstairs. He wondered: If he'd acted sooner and worried less back in high school, would that other person never have existed? Would not only Xiang Wan, but her daughter too, have been his?

"Gentle, honest woman x Secretly unhinged control freak"

Theme: Love should be steadfast, not hesitant.