Grumpy Husband, Soft Heart - EPISODE - 1 The Contract Bride

EPISODE - 1 The Contract Bride

Ji Rui (FL's older brother)

Nuan… Please. You need to read this contract.

Ji Nuan (FL)

What kind of contract needs ten legal stamps and a side of emotional blackmail?

Ji Rui (FL's older brother)

The Mo family offered a marriage alliance. To… stabilize the Ji Group’s finances. This is serious. Dad could lose the hospital.

Ji Nuan (FL)

Let me guess. You’re offering me as the bargaining chip.

Ji Rui (FL's older brother)

It’s not like that! They chose you. Specifically.

Ji Nuan (FL)

How comforting. I’m handpicked by a man who likely treats emotion like a disease.

Ji Rui (FL's older brother)

It’s just one year. A contract marriage. No obligations. No strings. Just… a name on paper.

[Private Chat: Mo Jincheng 💼 & Grandmother Mo 👵]

Grandmother Mo (ML's grandma)

You agreed? You’ll marry her?

Mo Jincheng (ML)

I’ll sign the contract. One year. After that, I’ll return to peace.

Grandmother Mo (ML's grandma)

She’s a doctor. Well-mannered. No scandals. No nonsense. A good match.

Mo Jincheng (ML)

I don’t need a good match. I need silence. And space. If this marriage shuts people up, I’ll tolerate it.

[Private Chat: Ji Nuan 💬 & Mo Jincheng 💼]

Ji Nuan (FL)

Before I agree to this— Let’s be clear.

Mo Jincheng (ML)

Always.

Ji Nuan (FL)

No acting in public. No affection. No “baby” or “wife” nonsense. Just signatures and separation.

Mo Jincheng (ML)

Fine. As long as you don’t fall in love and ruin the deal.

Ji Nuan (FL)

I’m immune to cold men in expensive suits. Don’t worry.

Mo Jincheng (ML)

And I’m immune to quiet women with sharp tongues. We’ll get along just fine.

[A Week Later – After the Wedding]

Ji Nuan (FL)

Congratulations. You now have a wife who drinks tea in silence and reads medical journals at dinner.

Mo Jincheng (ML)

And you now have a husband who doesn’t snore, doesn’t talk, and won’t interfere. We’re perfect.

Ji Nuan (FL)

As long as you stay on your side of the house.

Mo Jincheng (ML)

I will.

Ji Nuan (FL)

And if I ever want out early?

Mo Jincheng (ML)

Then I’ll let you go. I don’t cage what doesn’t want to stay.

Ji Nuan (FL)

Good. Then we’ll survive this year.

But they wouldn’t survive it quietly. Because somewhere between distant dinners and silent nights, Mo Jincheng begins to watch her more than he should. Linger in doorways longer than he planned. And dream of her walking away— more than he admits. And he hates it. Because she was never meant to matter. Until she did.

To be continued ......

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