Sailing Through the Western Lands [Marriage Before Love]

A marriage between two strangers turns into love | The hero goes from feeling nothing to being utterly unable to resist

Bright, proud little fox VS uptight, lustful old zombie | Aquarius VS Capricorn

Both are virgins, devoted to each other in body and mind | Sweet enough to burst with juice

Fang Jingxi saw her husband for the fourth time a year after they got their marriage certificate. She was helping a colleague film a business interview, and her husband was the interview subject.

The awkward thing was, before filming, she didn't recognize her husband at all. She spent the whole time explaining the details to an executive-looking man, while thinking to herself that he looked a lot uglier than he had a year ago.

She didn't notice the person beside her watching her with dark, brooding eyes.

Only when the executive-looking man said he wasn't Yao Xingzhou, and that the man over there was, did she look over.

Her first thought was: He hasn't gotten uglier.

Later, when he asked about the shoot, she thought he was going to demand to know why she hadn't recognized him back then. Instead, he asked why she hadn't come to film him again afterward, since she'd said she wanted to film him more.

She had meant to say it was because she didn't want to work overtime for someone else.

But remembering how he had personally taken care of her at the hospital, she casually made up an excuse.

To her surprise, he nodded, the faintest smile at the corner of his mouth, as if he really believed her nonsense.

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For nearly thirty years, Yao Xingzhou's life had followed a steady, orderly course. The most outrageous thing he'd ever done was get a marriage certificate with a woman he'd met only three times, three days after his twenty-ninth birthday.

After they got married, she went on a business trip for a year. They didn't see each other during that time, and were practically strangers.

He hadn't given the matter much thought, since they had married for the exact same reason: to appease their families and enjoy some peace and quiet.

But after she returned, he was shocked to find that the self-control he'd always prided himself on was utterly useless around her.

At first, he simply couldn't stop following her with his eyes.

Later, his dormant heart began to feel an unfamiliar anticipation and ache. He longed for even a moment of her attention, and it pained him that her gaze never lingered on him.

In the end, he was no longer satisfied with the occasional glance she spared him. He pushed his luck, devoured her whole, drew her into his territory, and claimed her completely in body and mind.

Note: The female lead starts out as a documentary director. Later, she becomes the heir to her family's lacquerware business and the head of a publicly listed company.

There will be a tiny bit of entertainment-industry content.

Theme: Love you, love me, love our family.