[Substitute bride / married first, fall in love later / long-planned scheme]
The Gui family had worked hard to secure a marriage alliance with the Che family. But the Che family's father was set to become prime minister, and that prospect vanished amid court disputes.
Mrs. Gui had a change of heart. When people from the Che family came to ask about the prospective bride, she gave them the name and birth details of her eldest legitimate daughter, Gui Qinghan...
Gui Qinghan had planned to marry her childhood sweetheart, honoring her late mother's wishes. When she learned the truth, years of pent-up resentment exploded, and she made a scene. But she was instantly accused of being unfilial, and her anger only grew. Since she couldn't argue her way out of it, she secretly resolved to flee the wedding!
Her escape failed, and she was bound and forced to marry!
Everyone gossiped, but Che Shenxing compared their match to a red thread of fate and eased her embarrassment.
Her husband seemed acceptable, but her in-laws made things difficult at every turn, while her birth family threatened and coerced her... She decided to fight for herself and arranged to elope with her childhood sweetheart through letters!
One-on-one, both leads are each other's first and only, happy ending.
[Completed novel]: Childhood Sweethearts Turn into a Surprise Match
To protect the man she had loved since childhood from being dragged into trouble, Jian Yirou left her organization and went into hiding at another household. What could she hope to gain in her current situation other than a place in the family...
But after a drunken night at the Su residence, Suyuan mistakenly thought they had slept together and spoke cruelly to her. "There was never anything between us! I only acknowledged you as my sworn younger sister to avoid trouble."
Heartbroken, she left without saying goodbye.
Just after leaving the Su residence, she was captured by her organization. At the brink of death, she was selected by Qi Guan and entered the Xiao household, pretending to be a lost heiress!
Her identity as a fake heiress was exposed, yet the Xiao family's eldest brother kept kissing her.
How could a fake heiress easily marry the real young master? Especially when the real young master had a childhood sweetheart of his own...
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Only after Suyuan drove her away did he realize that she really had fallen into hardship and had lost her home.
They met again at school. Unable to bear his feelings, he kept approaching her, but her elder brother kept blocking him.
He watched Xiao Jiyan touch her cheek without any attempt to hide it. His fingertip gently wiped away a glistening tear. The great hand cast a jagged shadow over the gauzy screen... His expression was indulgent and smiling, and his eyes held a tenderness he could no longer conceal.
*Only then did I see that behind his repeated attempts to stop me was his own desire to claim her, hidden beneath the disguise of an older brother.
If we're both fake older brothers, why should I back down? I can claim the bond we've shared since childhood!
He drew Xiao Yirou into his arms in the corner where the walls met, pressed half his lips against hers, then pulled away after the briefest touch.
In a soft, lilting voice, he said only, "Come home with me."
No blood relation! All characters are each other's first and only, regardless of gender.
Theme: Be yourself and wait for your time to bloom. Let things take their course and live simply.
