A Fortunate Night in Hong Kong [Pregnant First, Love Later]

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Next up: Letters from Hibiscus, a tough retired officer * a sweet hibiscus flower, or Marriage in a Cage. Please add them to your reading list. Blurbs below~

Spoiled young heir of Harbor City * bright and flirtatious female star | Sex first, love later | Friends-with-benefits to official couple

Blurb:

Recently, news of the secret marriage of Lu Yanzhou, heir to Harbor City's Lu Group, spread through Beijing's high society.

Come on, that's Lu Yanzhou, the man none of the countless socialites in Beijing and Hong Kong can win over.

As the banquet was about to end, someone worked up the nerve to ask, "Mr. Lu, are you married?"

Lu Yanzhou's peach-blossom eyes brimmed with warmth. His gaze fell casually on the bright yellow figure in the distance, then quickly darted away.

The moment he said he was married, all the women at the banquet gave up hope.

Someone beside Xia Weiwei bumped her shoulder. "Lu Yanzhou was looking at you just now."

Xia Weiwei was a top-tier star from the moment she debuted, famous around the world, a real-life Barbie wherever she went.

"No way. You must've seen wrong."

"Lu Yanzhou and I can't stand each other."

The other person thought about it. Maybe she'd really seen wrong. Everyone in and out of the industry knew that Lu Yanzhou and Xia Weiwei didn't get along.

She asked again, "Then do you know Mr. Lu's wife?"

Xia Weiwei smiled sweetly. "No."

An hour later, Xia Weiwei had just walked in the door when a man pinned her against it. His large hand rested on her lower abdomen, and his warm breath washed over her neck.

"You don't know her?"

"Then how did the baby in your belly get there?"

At first, an unexpected encounter revealed that they were exceptionally compatible in bed.

For a while after that, they tacitly agreed to keep their relationship going.

But you can't keep walking along a riverbank without getting your shoes wet.

The day she found out she was pregnant, Xia Weiwei called to schedule an abortion right in front of Lu Yanzhou.

The moment the call connected, Lu Yanzhou grabbed her hand and hung up.

"Let's give this a try. The baby's innocent, and no one will ever be more compatible with you than I am."

Lu Yanzhou was thoughtful and meticulous. He proposed a marriage of convenience to give the baby a proper status, and Xia Weiwei agreed.

And so the two began their married life.

The day news broke that she was pregnant and had given birth, Xia Weiwei was surrounded on all sides. At the critical moment, she fell into a warm embrace.

"The child is mine. If you have a problem, take it up with me."

Lu Yanzhou held up their marriage certificate. Everyone fell silent, and the internet exploded.

The two of them had made the trending topics every few days because they didn't get along. They'd only gotten married because of the baby, and Lu Yanzhou would definitely divorce her once Xia Weiwei had given birth.

Xia Weiwei understood that after they married, Lu Yanzhou had spoiled her rotten for the sake of the baby in her belly.

Until the day she gave birth, when she saw the tall man speaking in a trembling voice: "Whatever happens, save her. I only want her."

What's more, while she was in labor, he held a press conference and publicly admitted, "I used this baby to marry her. From beginning to end, as long as she'll have me, I'll be overjoyed, beating drums and gongs as I bring her home as my wife."

Much later, after the two had finished their time in bed, the girl asked coyly, her eyes alluring, "Lu Yanzhou, when did you fall for me?"

Lu Yanzhou looked at the red mole on her shoulder blade and laughed in surrender. He didn't answer, only pouncing on her again.

He'd liked her at first sight.

When Lu Yanzhou returned from a business trip, he had two moon plushies in his arms, one big and one small. Someone asked why he'd bought two when one for the child would be enough.

"My little baby needs one, and so does my big baby."

They finally understood. Oh, his wife was the first baby Mr. Lu ever spoiled.

Blurb for Letters from Hibiscus: A tough retired officer * a sweet hibiscus flower

Jiang Linlang had spent 21 years sailing through life without a hitch. When she graduated from college at 22, her family started pressuring her to go on blind dates.

She went at first, but after meeting far too many hopeless cases, she stopped going altogether.

"Linlang, your mom and dad aren't trying to force you to get married. We're just afraid that when we're gone, no one will look after you. It'd be enough if you had a child."

"So as long as I have a child, that's enough, right?"

Her parents thought she'd have to get married before having a child, so they nodded.

Later, they found out Jiang Linlang was pregnant. The father was unknown, and she was keeping the baby but not the father.

*

The eldest son of the enormous Lu family in Beijing returned after leaving the military. At the welcome-home banquet, beneath his black suit, his body was packed with muscles honed by military training. With sharp brows, dark eyes, and a fearsome air, he left the women both thrilled and intimidated.

He had no interest in the women who approached him. A military operation three years earlier had left him with psychological trauma, and he could no longer sleep peacefully, until the night he met a soft, fragrant woman.

He slept wonderfully beside her, but the next day, she left without a word.

He'd considered looking for her, but if she'd left, surely she didn't want to get involved with him.

He had no interest in the dazzling party and was about to leave when he looked up and saw her.

She was wearing a pale pink strapless gown, looking like a hibiscus flower in full bloom amid the crowd.

She passed by him, and he caught the same fragrance as that night. His long-suppressed yearning burst from his very bones.

That night, the eldest young master Lu reached out to stop her. "Do you remember me?"

The hibiscus flower didn't answer. She only smiled brightly.

He asked her the same question she'd asked him when she invited him that night: "Would you like to sleep together tonight?"

*

Lu Feng never planned to be with the hibiscus flower. He only treated her as a sleeping pill, until one time she got out of his bed and said she was going on a date. Jealousy and resentment rose in his heart.

Was he not satisfying her enough?!

Later, he learned she was married. It was his first time being the other man, and he found the experience novel.

Later still, he found out her husband had died long ago, leaving behind twin sons. Great, he loved being a stepdad.

He knew she didn't love him and had been playing with him all along. He didn't mind. It was enough that he loved her.

Blurb for Marriage in a Cage: A gloomy, bookish antique professor * a quirky little princess

Lu Liuling never imagined her blind date would turn out to be her ex-boyfriend.

The man still stood straight and carried himself with a scholarly air, but an oppressive, damp chill seemed to emanate from him.

Handsome men and beautiful women were a rare sight. A passing waiter took a second look, but the man's gaze scared him away.

"Are you sure you want to marry me?" Lu Liuling asked.

"Why?" The man's eyes were calm and unreadable. "You dared force me into a relationship with you, but you don't dare marry me?"

Right.

Back then, she'd forced herself on Song Jingshu, then used her exquisite little cage to, well, have her way with him.

They got their marriage certificates. On their wedding night, Lu Liuling saw the delicate cage and took half a step back.

"Baby, do you remember?" The man embraced her from behind. Soft kisses fell one after another as he murmured against her neck, "In here, there was you and me."

Lu Liuling suddenly understood. This was his revenge!

-

Song Jingshu was the third young master of the Song family, lost to them for years. After returning home, he promptly married into the Lu family of Shanghai, leaving everyone astonished.

The little princess of the Lu family was famous for being spoiled. Song Jingshu looked so aloof and boring. Could he satisfy the princess's quirky personality?

No one in their circle had high hopes for the young couple.

One rainy night, the man appeared before the banquet holding a black umbrella.

"Professor Song?"

"Mm. I'm here to take my wife home."

Before he could finish speaking, he heard an argument nearby.

"Who says we're getting divorced? My husband and I will be together forever!"

The girl had been drinking. Her cheeks were flushed, and her eyes unfocused.

Song Jingshu caught the unsteady girl in his arms. She grabbed his tie in return.

"Tell them, last night, didn't we... didn't we..."

Didn't they what?

Everyone perked up their ears to listen, then suddenly saw the little princess frown and cry out in anger:

"You're not gentle at all!"

The man's sharp gaze swept over the crowd. Then he lowered his head, his voice so gentle it seemed to melt. "Mm. I'll be gentler tonight."

He scooped her up and carried her away.

The onlookers were left staring at one another.

-

The rainy night was sweet. Lu Liuling lay soft and languid after being thoroughly loved. The man sitting at the bedside listened to the rain pouring down, gently stroking the girl's slender back.

"A Ling, what I feel for you has never been revenge. It's love."

"Will you love me once more?"

Theme: Love makes cowards of us all