Unusual Weather

[The story is complete] The next book may be Half Light, Half Shadow. See my author page~

At twenty-five, just as her career was getting settled, Jing Yi was introduced to a marriage prospect and impulsively married Xu Xing.

Not long afterward, Xu Xing flew off to America. The next time she saw him was the following winter.

Her colleagues said a new executive had recently arrived at the group, a cold, distant, refined, and handsome man.

As the people around her discussed the wedding ring on their boss’s left hand, Jing Yi caught a glimpse of the man they were talking about as he walked into the stairwell.

Her phone suddenly rang inside her bag.

Taking advantage of no one paying attention, Jing Yi pushed open the stairwell door.

The instant it shut behind her, the ringing stopped.

The man stood by the window and looked up at her. “Are you coming home for dinner tonight?”

Jing Yi often thought that she and Xu Xing would divorce sooner or later. After all, a marriage without love was bound to fall apart one day.

Then one night, she stood outside the study and heard someone ask Xu Xing, “When are you and Jing Yi getting divorced?”

Jing Yi leaned closer to the room, wanting to find out what he thought so she could plan ahead for dividing their assets.

Instead, the man’s deep voice filled her ears. “We’re very happy together. We’re not getting divorced.”

Gentle and a little slow on the uptake × cunning and secretly flirtatious

Tips

1. Both are each other’s first love and have no past partners.

2. Complete strangers marry first, fall in love later / two-year age gap / adult fairy tale

3. Neither lead is perfect

Next book: Half Light, Half Shadow

The marriage between Ming Yun and He Congxun was an accident.

The night before she was supposed to meet her arranged-marriage match, she woke up in a hotel suite, her clothes in disarray and a man’s watch pressing against her wrist.

Ming Yun stared at the man beside her in shock.

It was He Congxun, the famously arrogant and cold man in their circle, and a close friend of the man she was supposed to marry.

He Congxun calmly buttoned his shirt as he watched her. “You don’t need to go meet Pei Mingxiu. Marry me instead.”

Ming Yun had never imagined getting involved with a man like him.

She knew this marriage was the result of the absurdity of that night. After the wedding, she continued to keep her distance, and they lived like strangers under the same roof.

Their marriage was an agreement for two years. Ming Yun used He Congxun’s influence to secure her career, while she helped him fend off his family’s pressure to marry. They got what they needed from each other and only pretended to be in love in front of other people.

At a gathering one day, Ming Yun heard a friend ask He Congxun, “How’s married life?”

The man looked bored, his brow furrowing slightly as he replied in a low voice, “We were practically strangers to begin with. How much affection could there be?”

Later, the day before their wedding anniversary, Ming Yun sat on the sofa and said calmly to He Congxun, “It’s been two years. Let’s get divorced.”

That night, he pinned her in a corner, leaving her aching and weak in the legs as the chandelier swayed before her eyes. His lips brushed her earlobe, and he whispered, “Ming Yun, I’m your husband, not some tool you can throw away whenever you want.”

Gentle and resilient × cold and arrogant

1. Both are each other’s first love and have no past partners.

2. Marriage before love / three-year age gap / adult fairy tale / happy ending

3. Neither lead is perfect

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