My Heart Is Entangled [Marriage Before Love]

My next novel is Burning Cherry Blossoms, about a playboy x a good girl. Please add it to your favorites!

Feng Ying comes from a family of scholars. She is gentle and reserved, and thanks to her beautiful calligraphy, Jiang University specially appoints her as a calligraphy professor in the College of Arts.

Her graceful features and refined air earn her the title of classical goddess as soon as she appears.

When news gets out that Feng Ying has married Zhou Yueyan, everyone laments that the goddess has been held back by the cold-faced King of Hell.

Until one dusky evening, Zhou Yueyan comes hurrying over, travel-worn, to pick Feng Ying up. His voice is especially tender. "Come here and give me a hug."

At the sound of his voice, Feng Ying rushes into his arms, rises onto her toes, and plants a kiss on his lips.

She looks utterly in love. How could he possibly be holding her back?

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As the Zhou family's decision-maker, Zhou Yueyan is ruthless and decisive in all he does, wielding an iron fist. No one dares to offend him.

The only concessions he makes are to his elders, and, because of a marriage contract, he married Feng Ying and became her husband.

People in their circle know the two have little affection for each other and guess they'll split up before long.

Until Zhou Yueyan compresses a five-day itinerary into three days, then has his assistant buy a plane ticket in the middle of the night so he can return home early.

A business partner asks him about it out of curiosity, not expecting an answer, but Zhou Yueyan says, "I've been away on business too long. I really miss my wife."

The business partner is stunned. Thinking the rumors must be false, he flatters him: "You and your wife have such a good relationship, Mr. Zhou."

Later, the rumor that "Zhou Yueyan is the clingy one" spreads throughout their entire circle. Zhou Yueyan admits it without hesitation. "Yes, I'm pretty clingy with my wife."

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Zhou Yueyan still remembers his first meeting with Feng Ying. They sat facing each other. He took a sip of weak tea, looked up, and saw Feng Ying's almond-shaped eyes as she called him Mr. Zhou, somewhat nervously.

Later, on a snowy winter day, Zhou Yueyan wraps his arms around Feng Ying from behind, rests his chin in the hollow of her neck, and murmurs tenderly, "Mrs. Zhou, this is our first year together."

A gentle beauty x a man in power

#MarriedFirstThenInLove#

-----The blurb for Burning Cherry Blossoms follows-----

At S University, nobody would ever connect Qin Ran and Chi Ying.

Qin Ran is a playboy, living a carefree and debauched life, changing girlfriends one after another.

Chi Ying is the teachers' good student, quiet and obedient, and wins a scholarship every year.

By chance, Chi Ying catches Qin Ran being confessed to by the campus belle.

Amid the mottled shadows of trees, Qin Ran stands tall by the window, idly fiddling with a metal lighter and completely unmoved.

The campus belle is crying so hard her face is streaked with tears, asking Qin Ran if he already likes someone.

Chi Ying pauses mid-step as she's about to leave. She hears Qin Ran answer carelessly that he does, then point at her and grin shamelessly. "There she is."

At those words, Chi Ying's heart pounds like a drum, and her grip on her books tightens.

"So," Qin Ran says, drawing closer, amusement in his eyes. "Junior Chi Ying, will you give me a chance?"

Flustered and at a loss, Chi Ying turns and runs. She doesn't hear the very soft laugh behind her.

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Unfortunately, it was only a fleeting romance, and in the end, they each return to the sea of people.

Returning from the restroom to the private room at the bar, Chi Ying hears Qin Ran say carelessly to his friend,

"Good girls aren't my type. I got her to fall for me, so the bet's over."

Just after he says it, a glass of iced wine is poured over his head. Qin Ran sees Chi Ying's reddened eyes and, for the first time, feels afraid.

Chi Ying fights back tears and gives him a bitter smile. "Qin Ran, we're over."

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When they meet again, they unexpectedly run into each other at a restaurant.

Qin Ran stares at her hand linked with her boyfriend's. His eyes darken, but his expression remains unchanged. "Your boyfriend? Aren't you going to introduce us?"

Chi Ying has no intention of getting involved with him. "There's no need."

Later, in a private room at the restaurant, Qin Ran pins Chi Ying in place. Hearing her boyfriend call for her, he grins wickedly. "Shh, don't make a sound. Your boyfriend is right outside."

Chi Ying grits her teeth. "What exactly are you trying to do?!"

"I want you." Qin Ran lowers his voice and leans close to her ear, almost crazed. "Chi Ying, you're the only one I want."

#ThePlayboyReforms#

#TheExWifeChasingCrematorium#

Playboy x good girl

Simultaneous interpreter x rising tech magnate

*One-on-one romance / Both leads are devoted to each other / Both leads' first love / Happy ending

*Synopsis written on December 6, 2024; revised on June 8, 2026, screenshot saved

*Weibo: @Shi Li Ya

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