Mustard and Milkshake

○ Radiant, resilient designer vs. sharp-tongued top lawyer

○ A lofty golden boy falls from his pedestal | Marriage first, love later | Bickering couple | Lovers on opposing sides

The year Lu Yisu graduated from university, her family went bankrupt and was buried under debt.

Before she could go home and cry in her father's arms, the father she had depended on since childhood announced that he had arranged a marriage for her.

He planned to use the generous bride price offered by the other party to get through their difficulties, effectively "selling" his daughter to marry a notorious playboy from a wealthy family.

Lu Yisu resisted with all her might, but in the end she had no choice but to marry.

Only, she didn't marry that spoiled young master. She married Qiao Xingtin, the lawyer who worked part-time as legal counsel for her father's company.

According to her father, he was the one who had swooped in and taken over her original engagement.

Top lawyer Qiao Xingtin was an exemplary graduate of one of China's top law schools, excelling both academically and personally and winning scholarship after scholarship.

At twenty-nine, he was a senior partner at Mingde Hengzheng, one of the country's top law firms.

The legal world had a two-part saying about him: "Strict with himself, harsh with others."

So even though he had a handsome face people never forgot, not a single unmarried woman at his law firm dared look upon him favorably.

He attributed his decision to marry Lu Yisu to a rare moment of compassion.

So he had intervened to stop her terrible original marriage arrangement.

Compared to that playboy, who had caused someone's death and was involved with both men and women, he could at least call himself a gentleman.

Of course, marrying her also meant he would no longer have to endure his family's monthly nagging about getting married.

A convenient arrangement for both sides, mutually beneficial, and nothing more.

When they first married, the young heiress, accustomed to living in a mansion, moved into Qiao Xingtin's spacious Beijing apartment. She looked around, reasonably satisfied, then heard the man say in a low voice:

"The bride price I paid your family used up almost all the savings I've accumulated since I started working, so life will probably be pretty tight from now on."

Lu Yisu, who had believed her father when he said Qiao Xingtin loved her deeply and would love her until death, had no words.

Reader's Notes:

1. Sweet romance. Both leads are sexually inexperienced, and this is a monogamous one-on-one romance.

2. The heroine's bankruptcy will not be a major focus.

The next book, Beneath the Camellias, is coming soon. Please add it to your library!

A battle of suitors | One woman, two men

At thirty, the second son of the Fu family broke up with his girlfriend, ending things cleanly.

Miss Chu left just as decisively, turning her back on Shencheng.

When the news landed in the gossip circles, strangely, no one was surprised.

There was no mystery: the Fu family was powerful, and love was one thing, marriage another.

Something like this was bound to happen. Surely Miss Chu knew that.

There wasn't much more to discuss over tea, until two years later, when news arrived that left everyone stunned.

Because this time she wasn't alone. Wasn't the man beside her the Fu heir's very best friend?

Theme: Love is a discipline