Sharp-tongued schemer x timid, straightforward sweetheart
Pregnancy before love | Secret crush comes true | Five-year age gap | Size difference | Both sexually inexperienced | Happy ending
The most reckless, yet most clearheaded thing Ying Yao ever did was drag the older brother of the friend she'd secretly loved for years into bed.
A month later, the tiny heartbeat on her ultrasound made her ears ring.
Clutching the report, she cornered him outside the president's office at the Lu Group.
The man stood in an immaculate suit, his gaze cool behind gold-rimmed glasses. "Miss Ying, I believe we've only met three times."
"Four," Ying Yao corrected quietly. "At the parent-teacher meeting, I was being made to stand by the podium, and you helped me out."
The man was even more decisive than she'd imagined. He took off his watch and glanced at his schedule. "Are you free tomorrow to get our marriage certificate?"
He said it as casually as if he were suggesting they hold a meeting tomorrow.
After they married, Ying Yao's morning sickness came on suddenly. She woke up hungry in the middle of the night and stared blankly into the refrigerator.
Lu Yunting came downstairs in his pajamas and handed her a cup of warm milk from behind. "Drink a little first, then decide if you still want noodles."
She muttered, "Instant noodles aren't healthy."
"Right, so I made tomato and egg noodles."
Ying Yao turned around and saw him with his sleeves rolled up, while water bubbled away in the pot.
At thirty weeks pregnant, Ying Yao went for a checkup. The woman beside her struck up a conversation. "Your husband is so handsome, and he's stayed with you the whole time."
Before Ying Yao could modestly respond, Lu Yunting, who was looking over the test results beside her without even lifting his head, said:
"Thanks for the compliment. But accompanying your own wife isn't a virtue. It's a legal obligation."
The woman fell silent at once.
After years of marriage, Lu Yunting always thought Mrs. Lu had fallen for him over time.
Until one night, Ying Yao waited for him in the living room and fell asleep.
When Lu Yunting came home late from work and turned on the light, he saw her curled up on the sofa, with a high school yearbook open beside her.
On the title page was a line of tiny handwriting:
[2009.9.1: Lu Yunting of Class Two, Senior Year. His smile is like a beautiful day.]
Signed: Ying Yao.
Reader's guide:
1. The male lead is sharp-tongued and cold at first, then falls hard and gets his comeuppance.
2. The female lead has had a secret crush for ten years. She's timid but straightforward.
4. A sweet winter fairy tale. Don't expect logic, just sweetness.
Theme: Love people well.
