Shen Qinghuan married a man five years older than her through a matchmaker. Rumor had it that he was always stone-faced and seemed unfriendly.
She prepared herself for an unhappy marriage, but on their wedding day, her new husband, thoroughly drunk, carefully held out a piece of cake while kneeling before her.
"This is the best piece. It's for you."
When she didn't answer for a long time, he seemed a little confused. The drunk man wondered if she had forgotten his name.
After all, they had married through a matchmaking arrangement and had only met on the day they registered their marriage.
Thinking of this, he spoke again: "My surname is Qiao."
Shen Qinghuan silently repeated his name several times.
Qiao Shengan was an anti-drug police officer.
Perhaps because he was a police officer, he did look a bit fierce when he wasn't smiling. But Shen Qinghuan thought he was rather adorably earnest. When he spoke to her, he was nothing like someone interrogating a criminal. He seemed more like a young man blushing over his first love.
More than once, Shen Qinghuan saw him repeat the same sentence over and over, just so he could say it to her in the nicest possible tone.
Little did he know, she had heard him practice countless times when he thought she wasn't around.
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Qiao Shengan thought he'd be single all his life, until he met Shen Qinghuan. Since he was five years older than her, he was always worried she'd think he was too old.
When a friend told him he was usually too fierce and warned him not to scare his bride on their wedding night, he spent ages practicing his smile in the mirror before heading home.
He heard her say, "You're not quite like the rumors, after all."
He scratched his head with a broad grin, trying his best to look handsome, unaware that she found him adorably earnest.
She felt she had married the right person.
He felt he had found a treasure.
Love is a gamble that most people lose, but somehow, they happened to beat the odds!
‖ Gentle and considerate traditional Chinese medicine doctor heroine VS anti-drug police officer hero
‖ One-on-one romance, both leads are each other's first and only. The hero has eyes and a heart for no one but the heroine. He's shrewd with everyone else, but earnest with her.
‖ The story ends on a happy, fulfilling note. Happy ending.
‖ A short story, around 150,000 to 200,000 characters.
Theme: Everyone is doing what they believe is right