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Cold, domineering young nobleman from Beijing's elite circle × spoiled, dazzling heiress
Emotionally steady vs. quick-tempered
Both from Beijing's elite circles | Marriage alliance between wealthy families | Childhood friends | Archenemies | Marriage first, love later
[1] Recently, another piece of happy news spread through Beijing's upper crust: the Shen and Ji families, longtime friends for generations, were joining their families in marriage.
Everyone in the wealthy circles knew that Ji Yunxi and Shen Xingyue looked like a perfect childhood match in public, but couldn't stand the sight of each other in private.
Ji Yunxi was the precious jewel of the Ji family, spoiled and dazzling, sweet-tongued but hard-hearted. Doted on since childhood, she could get away with anything. Her specialty was making Shen Xingyue scowl in anger, then laughing and teasing him to his face.
Shen Xingyue was a renowned, untouchable young nobleman in Beijing's elite circles, a powerful young capitalist in the business world. Raised under strict family rules, he had always been calm and self-possessed, wearing a polite, distant mask whenever he was in public.
And yet, whenever something involved her, he was repeatedly at a loss. The rationality he had always prided himself on had already been utterly defeated by their many stubborn arguments.
As soon as the news broke, their friends in the circle began teasing them: “Put two people with such opposite personalities together, and what good can come of it? They’ll be divorced within six months, guaranteed!”
[2] On the first day of their marriage, Ji Yunxi slapped the postnuptial agreement down in front of her husband and bluntly laid down the terms. “Let’s get this straight from the start. After we’re married, we live our own lives, don’t interfere with each other, and just put on an act when necessary.”
She deliberately drew out her words for emphasis. “And don’t get any funny ideas about me.”
Shen Xingyue turned to look at her. His dark, unreadable gaze traveled slowly down from her face, past her collarbones and waist, sizing her up inch by inch, before finally settling on her eyes, where she had nowhere to hide.
“Funny ideas?” He suddenly laughed. “Are you under some kind of misunderstanding about yourself?”
“…”
The very next day, Ji Yunxi packed her bags and made a lightning-fast exit from their marital home. She moved into the apartment she owned that was farthest from him, determined to see their “married in name only” arrangement through to the end.
When their friends heard, they applauded. “See? We told you!”
Not even half a month later,
The atmosphere in the CEO's office on the top floor of headquarters was strange. The famously disciplined CEO had, for the first time, left work early.
His assistant nervously asked about his schedule. The decisive boss was already suited up and ready to go, fastening his jacket button. His tone was as cold as ever, but what he said was shocking:
“I’m going to bring my wife home.”
[3] That night, Mrs. Shen, who had insisted they each live their own lives, was cornered at a bar by her lawful husband.
Shen Xingyue sat upright in the booth, his detached gaze sweeping over the male models gyrating and posing around his wife. Suppressed menace darkened his eyes and brows. “I forgot to tell you, there’s an unwritten rule in the Shen family.”
“Observe the rules of marriage. After the wedding, keep your distance from other men. No playing the field.”
Ji Yunxi was so amused by his excuse that she laughed. “And what if I don’t want to?”
Their eyes met. The man leaned in close, his possessiveness surging forth without restraint as his fingertip lightly brushed the corner of her lips.
As he bent down to kiss her, he called her childhood nickname with the same intimacy as when they were young. “Erxi, ever since I agreed to marry you, I’ve never once considered letting you go.”
“Listen carefully. For the rest of your life, either you shut your heart to love, or, if you fall for someone, it can only be me. If you give your heart away, it can only be to me.”
[After enduring a long drought, you are the spring rain I eagerly awaited on a joyous night.]
[Bonus Scene]
At a private gathering, someone jokingly asked Shen Xingyue, “Brother Yue, I heard your wife really couldn’t stand you before?”
Shen Xingyue held his glass, his tone flat. “Mm.”
“Then do you hate her?”
He didn't answer.
A friend beside them hurried to cut in. “Do you even have to ask? If he really hated her, would he be checking her social media at three in the morning? Would he have gone to bring her back less than a month after she moved out? And there’s more…”
Before he could finish, Shen Xingyue shot him a chilly glance.
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Reader guide:
1. Happy ending, sweet romance, three-year age gap
2. Relationship tension, married life, slow burn
3. Marriage first, love later, from enemies to being unable to dislike each other
4. My professional details may not be accurate, so please forgive any mistakes
5. I recommend not skipping chapters when you buy them
First draft of blurb: June 24, 2025 | Revised: March 24, 2026
The central premise has never changed
Weibo: Jiang Chunli
Theme: Having met a gentleman, how could one not rejoice?
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