After We Married, My Childhood Friend Dropped the Act

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Shen Jiyue saw her childhood friend Gu Yu again on the day the top scholars paraded through the streets.

At the time, red silk streamed across Zhegui Avenue, and people packed both sides of the road. Everyone wanted a glimpse of these two top scholars, a pair rarely seen in a hundred years.

Shen Jiyue sat high on her horse, with Gu Yu beside her, dressed in red just like she was.

They had been apart for six years. He was no longer the sickly boy who used to be surrounded by medicine bottles. There wasn't the slightest trace of illness about him now. Broad shoulders, a narrow waist, long legs: he was even more handsome than he had been as a boy.

"This is so festive! Is this a parade or a wedding?"

Someone joined in the teasing: "Groom, hand out the red envelopes!"

That form of address was clever: it could mean the top scholar or the groom.

Shen Jiyue pressed down the corners of her mouth and glanced covertly at Gu Yu, waiting to see how he'd handle it.

His answer nearly made her choke.

"I'll owe you for now."

Shen Jiyue: ???

If you're going to give them out, give them out. If not, don't. What do you mean, you'll owe them?

**

Someone said, "Childhood sweethearts, innocent and carefree together. How lovely."

Shen Jiyue thought to herself: We're just neighbors. All we do is scheme against each other. Not lovely at all.

But fate had other plans. An imperial decree of marriage forced the two of them into a fake wedding.

At first, he said they should sleep in the same room to keep up appearances.

Shen Jiyue agreed. It wasn't as if they hadn't shared a room when they were children.

But every night, she would find the sleeping face of a man beside her pillow. At first he lay there obediently. Then he had to press against her, wrap an arm around her waist, and nuzzle her ear...

Shen Jiyue put up with it. It wasn't as if they hadn't hugged when they were children.

Until one night, when Shen Jiyue couldn't sleep, she saw Gu Yu with her own eyes. His eyes were clear as he loosened his nightclothes to reveal his firm chest, then climbed into her bed with practiced ease.

The young man's body, burning hot, pressed tightly against her. He breathed in deeply and greedily beside her ear, his breaths growing heavier and heavier...

Shen Jiyue could take no more. She finally worked up the courage to question Gu Yu.

To her surprise, he didn't even change expression. Besides wanting to cling to and hold her, he wanted to kiss her and...!

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[Childhood sweethearts reunite after a long separation + she falls in love after marriage, he turns his secret crush into reality]

#Wasn't this supposed to be a fake marriage? Why are we hugging and kissing?

#How does a reserved childhood friend shed his cold, celibate mask?

1v1, both leads are each other's first, happy ending

● Shen Jiyue: Jiyue, with Ji pronounced in the fourth tone; Gu Yu, courtesy name Cangzhou

● Romance-focused! Not a political intrigue story! They only seem like mortal enemies, they aren't actual sworn foes!

● Set ten thousand meters up in the air! The customs are open-minded, and both men and women can become officials.

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[Money-loving, wooden woman & wealthy peacock of a man]

#I like you, and your money smells so good

#How can my wife liking my money not count as liking me?

Ming Qiao ran away from the number one sword sect under heaven.

She took only a worthless rusty sword and no money.

After spending days braving the elements, Ming Qiao decided to enter a secret realm and swipe a few treasures to trade for spirit stones.

But before any treasure appeared before her, a young master came into view, lying on the ground and spitting blood while still striking poses.

Young master: "Hi~"

Ming Qiao: "..." Is there something wrong with his head?

She turned and walked away.

The young master immediately gave up on posing and sprawled on the ground, reaching out to stop her. "Miss, save me! I can pay you!"

Ming Qiao turned around, one eyebrow raised.

The young master resumed what he thought was a handsome pose and quietly named a price.

Ming Qiao immediately rushed to his side, suddenly warm and friendly, completely unlike before. "Young master!"

**

Yan Hechuan had the worst luck. He'd been unlucky his whole life.

But so what?

He had money, looks, and height; parents, connections, and status; talent, strength, and magical artifacts...

Where was his magical artifact, anyway??

And so... Yan Hechuan, with nothing but a handsome face, a frame eight feet tall, and a fortune, entered a perilous secret realm.

Naturally, he was chased around by monsters and nearly lost his life.

Then a young woman carrying scrap metal, no, carrying a sword, appeared.

He watched her subdue a monster with one move and thought, Heaven hasn't abandoned me after all.

So Yan Hechuan, with his handsome face smeared with blood until it was unrecognizable, his eight-foot frame with his left arm and right leg broken, and his vast fortune nearly gone, struggled over to the young woman. "Hi~"

**

Ming Qiao was preparing to run away from Yan Hechuan.

At first, Yan Hechuan didn't think much of it, until she really left.

He immediately changed his mind and plastered the entire Kongming Realm with missing-person notices.

Meanwhile, Ming Qiao was hiding in the dark, bitterly tearing down the notices about herself.

But... why did the paper say...

Seeking a wife, reward offered?

1v1, both leads are each other's first, happy ending

● Many original settings. Romance-focused.

Theme: Stand side by side, invincible against all.