My next novel will be another marriage-first, love-later story in the same series, Willful Surrender. Please add it to your favorites!
Gentle food blogger x devoted business tycoon
Strangers in an arranged marriage / old flames reignited / the hero falls first / eight-year age gap
Radiant, spoiled heiress x rigid big shot from Beijing's elite circle
Two strangers fall in love after marriage / old flames reignited / the hero falls first / eight-year age gap
Su Muyi, the second daughter of the Su family, is not only the apple of their eye, but also a famously spoiled heiress in Beijing's elite circles.
She loves her freedom and spends all day in bars, spends money like water, and often flies abroad on private jets for fun.
When she turns twenty-four, her parents arrange a marriage between her and the Song family's second son. But the second son runs away from the wedding, and Song Jingcheng takes his place.
The Song elders tell their eldest son to spend time building a relationship with his wife after the wedding and not neglect her.
Song Jingcheng faces the elders with respectful composure and nods. "Understood. We'll make time for each other."
Song family heir Song Jingcheng is a rigid, chaste man and one of the most desirable matches in Beijing's social circles.
After the wedding, Song Jingcheng comes home on time, only to be greeted by an empty house.
Su Muyi continues her hedonistic lifestyle, forgetting she even has a husband.
One day after their wedding, when she returns to Beijing to throw a lavish welcome party for a newcomer to the entertainment industry, Song Jingcheng suddenly appears in the private room, shocking everyone.
Everyone who knows what's what leaves. She watches as Song Jingcheng slowly backs her against the wall and leans toward her.
Song Jingcheng presses close to her ear, his voice low. "Mumu, look at me, okay?"
Su Muyi thinks she'll keep living an arranged-marriage life with Song Jingcheng, each of them minding their own business. She likes being free and independent.
After one wild night together, she tiptoes out of bed, planning to escape overseas.
The man grabs her wrist with one hand and presses his lips close to her ear. His gaze sweeps over the marks left by his kisses. "Wife, was I not good to you last night?"
Later, a public lecture invites the Song couple to attend together. Her former fiance is there too.
An uninformed guest sticks up for him. "She couldn't marry you, so she turned around and became your aunt-in-law. She's shameless. Isn't she embarrassed?"
Everyone looks at Su Muyi, expecting to see her humiliated.
In front of everyone, Song Jingcheng takes her hand and interlaces their fingers. His eyes are filled with intense emotion. "I sincerely asked Mumu to marry me."
Everyone is astonished. Wasn't Su Muyi the one who asked the Song family to honor the engagement?
"She'll always be the only woman I love." Every word Song Jingcheng says is utterly sincere.
"My love for you is like the stars falling into the Milky Way. I willingly lose myself in you, and my love will never waver." - Song Jingcheng
#SheMadeTheOldStickFallInLove
One-on-one / both physically pure / both each other's first love / eight-year age gap / happy ending
My next marriage-first, love-later novel, Willful Surrender, is coming soon. Please add it to your favorites!
Gentle food blogger x devoted business tycoon
Strangers in an arranged marriage / old flames reignited / the hero falls first / eight-year age gap
When Gu Ziyao turns twenty-four, she marries the eldest son of the Shen family.
The family elders made an agreement years ago that Gu Ziyao and Shen Jingyi would marry, no matter what.
Before the wedding, Shen Jingyi lays down three rules with her: after marriage, they will only pretend to be a loving couple in front of their parents.
A rising star in the business world, Shen Jingyi runs the Shen Group and is ruthless in the boardroom.
The news that the Shen and Gu families are joining forces through marriage shocks the entire city of Naicheng.
No one has faith in their marriage. Everyone is waiting for them to return to being single.
They're a model couple in public and strangers in private, and Gu Ziyao is happy to play along.
After all, they're from different worlds. There's no need to force things.
One night after the wedding, Shen Jingyi is a little drunk when he asks Gu Ziyao to make him a midnight snack.
Later, she realizes that he keeps coming up with different excuses to ask her to cook for him.
At a get-together with her close friends, they all agree that Gu Ziyao has won over Shen Jingyi through his stomach.
Then one day, while Gu Ziyao is livestreaming as usual, her fans are stunned to see the usually aloof and restrained man walk up behind her and wrap his arms around her. He asks quietly:
"Yao Yao, I'm hungry. What delicious food are you making me today?"
In an instant, Shen Jingyi leaves his fans stunned. Is this really the cool, chaste Mr. Shen?
Gu Ziyao whispers coyly, "Stop it, I'm streaming."
He leans down to her ear and teases her. "Is Mrs. Shen embarrassed?"
Everyone is shocked. "So Mr. Shen does know how to love someone after all."
No one knows that when Shen Jingyi suffered from anorexia, Gu Ziyao personally designed a meal plan just for him.
In the end, the heart that wanted for nothing fell in love with a girl.
One-on-one / both physically pure / both each other's first love / eight-year age gap / happy ending
Theme: Live a good life together.