[Revising]
A brash, ruthless young master x a people-pleasing second daughter of a wealthy family
Everyone in Beiling City knows
that Shen Qingye is someone no one should ever provoke.
His methods are harsh and ruthless,
and he took charge of the entire Shen family at a very young age.
Everyone was curious
about what kind of woman he would marry.
Then he turned around and married the least remarkable second daughter of the Cheng family.
Everyone thought
they were just putting on a show,
and would part amicably once the time was up.
After all, plenty of people still remembered
that before announcing their marriage,
they played truth or dare,
and gave the exact same answer.
“Is the person you like in this room?”
“No!”
Rumor had it that their marriage was nothing more than a business arrangement,
and that they would soon go their separate ways.
Some even said
that one of them had a secret love in his heart,
while the other had a beloved man in hers.
They wouldn’t even bother to pretend to be a couple.
Cheng Siyuan thought so, too.
After all, because of what happened back then,
he resented her.
Besides,
he already had a girl he liked.
She was merely playing along.
But after they married,
things gradually started to feel wrong.
He doted on her endlessly,
protecting and spoiling her,
even willingly becoming the stepping stone
that helped her make a name for herself.
Cheng Siyuan was nervous and wary,
constantly keeping her distance,
afraid she would fall for him
and become unable to let go of her position as Mrs. Shen.
Until one day,
she accidentally opened his suitcase
and found a photograph that had been with him for over ten years.
On the back, it said:
Mon grand amour
My one true love
It turned out
that he had always loved her.
It turned out that, in a corner unseen by anyone,
he had secretly loved her for over ten years.
[Little Scene]
One day,
Shen Qingye happened to glance at his wife’s phone screen.
A glaring line stood out:
Countdown to divorce: 631 days
The tenderness in the man’s eyes vanished,
and the air around him turned icy.
That night, he gripped her around the waist
and held her firmly in his arms,
keeping her close in a passionate embrace.
He asked her again and again:
“Are you still going to divorce me?”
“Wrong answer, and we’ll do it again.”
The corners of the girl’s eyes reddened, her breathing ragged.
In a soft voice, she said,
“I won’t divorce you.”
P.S.:
The female lead’s perspective is a marriage-first, love-later romance. The male lead’s perspective is a secret love finally fulfilled.
Both leads have only been with each other. The female lead liked someone before, so don’t read if that bothers you.
The leads are both actually a couple of poor souls, finding comfort in each other.
Theme: A solitary island finds someone returning to it. Never alone again, they can rely on each other through mountains and seas
