[The blurb's perspective represents only the blurb; the main story is told from the female lead's perspective]
Pei Lianzhou realizes that his soon-to-be wife has been acting strangely lately.
She's often nowhere to be found, leaves early and comes home late, has several conspicuous love bites on her neck, swollen lips, and a lovers' bell at her waist.
When she sees him, she won't meet his eyes. Whenever they talk, her gaze keeps wandering.
Even her stamina in bed has improved quite a bit.
She used to last at most one shichen, but now she can last two.
All the evidence is right there in front of him.
But he has no intention of confronting Yan Tang directly.
After all, he's patient. Playing around is in a woman's nature.
If she likes to play, he can let her.
No matter how much fun she has, the outside world is still the outside world. Home is her only true destination.
Once she's tired of playing, she'll come back to him.
It was this very strategy that had helped him defeat all those male seducers and get to where he is today.
Then his fiancee disappeared without a word for half a month, and he couldn't sit still any longer. He went to talk to her.
Pei Lianzhou leaned against the door and sighed. "I don't care how you like to play, but you really went too far this time. You vanished for half a month for no reason and didn't even remember to come home."
"Bring him here so I can meet him."
He looked up and saw Yan Tang's stunned expression. At last, she was willing to look him in the eye.
Yan Tang was silent for a long time, then moved her lips and said, "All right."
The next day, she brought the man back.
The young man before him was charming and refined, with sharply defined features and long, smiling eyes. He spoke unhurriedly. "A Zhou, long time no see."
Pei Lianzhou: ...Wait, did I just go after my love rival and end up targeting my own older brother?!
#Help, what do I do when a man even better at pretending than me shows up?
[Extra Scene]
Pei Lianzhou asks a friend how to win back his partner's heart.
Friend: First, get your partner pregnant, and then...
Pei Lianzhou (expectantly): Then I'll have her securely tied to me?
Friend: No, then you'll at least have something to remember her by. She may not be yours, but the child will be.
Author's notes:
1. All the male characters are sexually pure; there's only rivalry among men. If that's not your thing, feel free to move on.
2. Don't blame the female lead; she was seduced.
3. Feel free to blame the male characters. They chose to be the other man, the other other man, and so on, so they deserve it.
4. It's not certain who the original partner is.
Theme: Building perseverance