Latest Marriage First Love Later Novel

Marriage first, then love + secret crush + wife-chasing crematorium where the protagonist doesn't look back.

She was the belle of the Horticulture Department. She had been dating Zhou Mufan for three years, and she thought Zhou Mufan was sincere towards her, especially since she had broken his record of changing girlfriends every three months.

Until she heard him say--

"It's all the same, just for fun. She's just a little more pleasing to the eye, used as a shield. How could I possibly truly fall in love with her? What's my background? Her family background is ordinary, and her major now is just growing vegetables. How could I possibly marry her?"

"I'll dump her in a few days."

Xia Ruo'an sent a message first to break up and left. Zhou Mufan frantically searched for her, but unfortunately, he never received a response.

When they met again, he saw Xia Ruo'an holding hands with his sworn rival, feeding him the fruits she had painstakingly cultivated, a privilege that had once belonged solely to him.

Zhou Mufan looked at her with bloodshot eyes, pulling her hand, and said hoarsely, "An'an, I don't agree to break up."

The sweet and lovely young woman hadn't even spoken when Leng Zexi, who was beside them, gently removed his hand, embraced the young woman, and smiled brightly, "Zhou Mufan, mind your manners, don't force me to hit you. She is now my wife, and the mother of my children."

Later, Leng Zexi pampered his little woman into a lady envied by even the most prestigious families, and her birth of three babies in one go made everyone envious.

Xia Ruo'an's family background was ordinary, but none of the students her parents had supported were ordinary; each one was a powerful figure who could help Xia Ruo'an stand at the top.

Xia Ruo'an, someone who grows vegetables, produced fruits and vegetables that even prestigious families couldn't buy with money, even if they wanted to.

Du Lingjing disliked the intrigues of the capital and had no intention of marrying into a powerful family. She once had an engagement, and after her fiancé passed away, she never thought of remarrying. Yongding Marquis Lu Shenru held a position at the pinnacle of power in the capital, yet his position as Marquis’s wife remained vacant, with all the noble families in the capital eyeing his marriage. To her, he was a stranger, distant, and she had no desire to get to know him. However, an imperial decree of marriage decreed her to this powerful Yongding Marquis.

The entire city was astonished. The noble families in the capital speculated that this marriage was certainly intended by the palace to balance the court. Du Lingjing went to find the Marquis, considering that if he also did not wish to fall into a political marriage, they could discuss a plan to decline it together. However, he said, “I know you share deep affection and loyalty with your predecessor, and are unwilling to forget him… but with an imperial decree of marriage, although I am said by the world to wield great power, I am helpless.” At that time, he smiled bitterly, his heroic eyes full of helplessness, and he pleaded with her: “Can my lady be understanding?”

But she should not be his “lady,” yet she tried every method and failed to refuse this marriage. That day, the rain fell ceaselessly, and Du Lingjing could only step into the wedding sedan with silent schemes, becoming his Marquis’s wife, Lu Shenru’s wife.

…After marriage, he was gentle and attentive, considerate in every detail, even offering to accompany her to pay respects to her predecessor. He fulfilled the role of husband impeccably, except when they were alone at night, within the warm curtains, his gaze burned fiercely, ceaselessly… Du Lingjing could only try her best to live in harmony with him.

But one day, she suddenly heard: when the Emperor inquired about a marriage alliance, it was he who dismissed all other candidates one by one, specifically writing her name and presenting it to the Emperor, forcefully seizing this marriage with her.

*Cleverly seized and forcefully taken; if this bothers you, please do not read. *Updates daily at 5 PM, rests on Thursdays.