Meeting Again [Marriage Before Love]

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[Cool, mature divorce lawyer x Gentle, insecure, puppy-like professor]

[Married first, love later | Mutual healing | Rekindled romance]

After five years of marriage, Xie Bing was always careful around Su Huan.

He never refused her anything, but Su Huan thought he had a people-pleasing personality. He was so stiff and dull, he might as well have been a robot.

Then one day, Xie Bing said he wanted to set her free. Su Huan suspected he had someone new, but she nodded without a care. This marriage had only ever been a formality.

But Xie Bing seemed to go crazy for some reason. During the thirty-day cooling-off period before their divorce, he changed as if he were a different person.

He took her stargazing and begged her to watch horror movies with him.

He stayed up half the night washing the dog and fooling around. When he got drunk, he even curled up in a corner and cried...

Every day, Xie Bing would solemnly say "Goodbye" to her, as if rehearsing their final farewell.

He had suddenly become a strange, vivid person.

At some point, Su Huan began to secretly hope he'd say, "Let's withdraw the divorce application."

But she said nothing, and neither did he.

Later, Su Huan learned that Xie Bing had handed all the power of decision to her long, long ago.

Whether he had a home or not was entirely up to her.

She had yet to promise him a future, but he threw himself in front of her without hesitation.

"Xie Bing, are you stupid?"

After surviving the ordeal, Su Huan was trembling, her heart still pounding.

Xie Bing gently wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes.

"I'm not very smart."

"But I'm glad I'm not that smart."

"Marriage is a wager. From the moment I entered into it, I was prepared to repay my losses with my life."

Su Huan realized that Xie Bing indulged her in everything.

So she drew closer, teased him, and gave her puppy a thorough tormenting.

All he did was look up at her in a panic, trying to appear calm.

Then he would secretly write in his diary: "Moonlight fell recklessly across my face."

*Both are virgins; happy ending; the man has a secret crush on the woman.

[Coming soon: "Biting Mint [Rekindled Romance]". Please add it to your collection!]

[Rebellious, world-weary little sister x Sweet on the outside, scheming underneath childhood friend]

[Rekindled romance | Childhood friends | Two lost souls healing each other]

[The man-chasing crematorium; male stand-in trope]

When Yan Lan was six, a delicate-looking boy moved in next door. He had warm eyes and was clean-cut.

He was nothing like the "orphan from an orphanage" the adults described.

From then on, she had an older brother in her life: Qin Ji.

He spoiled her until she became...

At twenty, Yan Lan fell hopelessly in love with someone.

By chance, Qin Ji looked five parts like him.

In a series of misunderstandings, she used Qin Ji and left him high and dry.

Then... she pulled up her pants and ran.

They said Qin Ji became a completely different person after she disappeared.

The gentle smile was gone from his face, leaving him withdrawn and cold.

Later, they reunited on a bitterly cold winter night.

When Qin Ji first saw her, her face was wet, though he couldn't tell whether it was tears or snow.

"Would you take me in again?" the young woman asked in a pitiful voice.

By then, he was a rising young entrepreneur in Yan City, while she had hit rock bottom.

Yan Lan thought he'd still be the same as before.

She thought he would come whenever she called and leave whenever she sent him away.

But she was wrong.

Late at night, his eyes were cold and reckless.

He gently bit her ear, unleashing one fierce storm after another.

His voice, once as clear and cool as mint, was now completely hoarse.

He breathed out one heated word after another.

"Yan Lan, if you were the one who started this, then you should see it through."

"Don't go anywhere. Stay by my side."

Qin Ji had spent eighteen years being a warm-hearted gentleman for Yan Lan.

In return, she had abandoned him without a second thought.

So he let the long-hidden madness and obsession show.

He made her his.

And at the same time, he prayed:

If there are gods in this world, please let me have her heart.

[Reader's notes]

1. Both are virgins and have only ever been intimate with each other; happy ending.

2. The heroine briefly liked someone else, while the hero is pure in body and heart.

3. They sleep together before falling in love; includes mild sexual coercion.

[Rebellious, world-weary little sister x Sweet on the outside, scheming underneath childhood friend]

[Rekindled romance | Childhood friends | Two lost souls healing each other]

[The man-chasing crematorium; male stand-in trope]

When Yan Lan was six, a delicate-looking boy moved in next door. He had warm eyes and was clean-cut.

He was nothing like the "orphan from an orphanage" the adults described.

From then on, she had an older brother in her life: Qin Ji.

Qin Ji had an unbelievably good temper and practically spoiled her into a spoiled princess.

He let her bully him and never refused her anything.

Yan Lan never doubted that if she wanted the moon in the sky, Qin Ji would find a way to pluck it down for her.

At twenty, Yan Lan fell hopelessly in love with someone who happened to look five parts like Qin Ji.

Taking advantage of Qin Ji's trust, she acted on impulse and used him, then left him high and dry.

Then... she pulled up her pants and ran.

They said Qin Ji became a completely different person after she disappeared.

The gentle smile was gone from his face, leaving him withdrawn and cold.

Later, they reunited on a bitterly cold winter night.

When Qin Ji first saw her, her face was wet, though he couldn't tell whether it was tears or snow.

"Would you take me in again?" the young woman asked in a pitiful voice.

By then, he was a rising young entrepreneur in Yan City, while she had hit rock bottom.

Yan Lan thought Qin Ji would still be the same as before.

She thought he would come whenever she called and leave whenever she sent him away.

But she was wrong.

He had become aloof and noble, with a rebellious edge about him.

Almost every night, she saw his cold, reckless expression.

No matter how much she acted out, he bit her ear as if he were furious, unleashing one fierce storm after another.

His voice, once as clear and cool as mint, was now completely hoarse.

He breathed out one heated word after another.

"Yan Lan, if you were the one who started this, then you should see it through."

"Stay by my side. You're not allowed to go anywhere."

Qin Ji had spent eighteen years being a warm-hearted gentleman for Yan Lan.

In return, she had abandoned him without a second thought.

So he let the long-hidden madness and obsession show.

He made her his.

And at the same time, he prayed:

If there are gods in this world, please let me have her heart.

[Reader's notes]

1. Both are virgins and have only ever been intimate with each other; happy ending.

2. The heroine briefly liked someone else, while the hero is pure in body and heart.

3. They sleep together before falling in love; includes mild sexual coercion.

Theme: Love yourself first, then love others