A Lifetime Told Through Misty Rain

[Both leads are each other’s first and only, happy ending, married before falling in love, running away with the baby, and getting back together]

Among the wealthy young men of Beijing’s elite circles, Zhao Xuping was famous for being crazy. The craziest thing he ever did was marry Zhou Jingyan.

Before the wedding, his buddies were stunned. “Marry her? Are you out of your mind?”

Zhao Xuping figured he’d bring her home and leave her to languish for the rest of her life. That would count as avenging his sister’s terrible death.

He never managed to get his revenge. Instead, he ended up falling for her himself.

·

In their seventh year of marriage, Zhao Xuping lounged on the sofa, smoking. He expressionlessly read the divorce papers his wife handed him, then laughed.

“You’d better think this through. Once you set this in motion, there’s no turning back.”

Zhou Jingyan nodded without saying a word.

She had loved him for so long, but she couldn’t do it anymore. This time, she was determined to leave.

·

They met again on a bright, sunny day.

Zhou Jingyan was walking along a tree-lined path with her children when a Maybach slowly pulled up beside them. The window rolled down, revealing a handsome face touched by the passage of time.

Zhao Xuping looked at the two little ones and curled his lips into a smile. “Well, whose kids are these? They wouldn’t happen to be mine, would they?”

Zhou Jingyan held out her palm through the window. “You’re the richest man in the country. A few hundred million in child support shouldn’t be a problem, right?”

Zhao Xuping’s expression darkened in an instant.

Zhou Jingyan burst out laughing. “I’m just trying to scam you. How are you so gullible?”

·

The news that Young Master Zhao had rekindled his old romance with his ex-wife spread through their social circle. His buddies didn’t believe it. “I heard Zhou Jingyan slapped you, and you still bent down to tie her shoes. Give me a break, are you writing a romance novel or something?”

Zhao Xuping coughed awkwardly and lowered his eyes.

Not long after, his buddies saw the original video and shouted, “Oh my god, art really does imitate life!”

·

On the day they remarried, Zhao Xuping stared at his wife for a long time after they left the Civil Affairs Bureau.

Zhou Jingyan was sick of him. If not for the kids, she wouldn’t have given him the time of day. “You’re too old to pull that first-love-struck routine on me!”

Zhao Xuping took her soft hand and grinned smugly. “Zhou Jingyan, I used to be lovestruck over you. Now you’ve got me completely lovestruck!”

Blurb captured on February 11, 2025

Check out my completed sweet-and-angsty novels in the “running away with the baby” and “getting back together” genres: Misty Rain, Our Story; Love Above All; A Vulgar Relationship; What He Misses; President Li Is Both Rascally and Flirtatious; Scumbags Need to Be Put in Their Place.

[Pure sweetness, lighthearted comedy]: At This Point, Let’s Get Married First; Secretary Fang Keeps Trying to Overstep; Everyone Dotes on Her.

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