He Fell in Love First

四喜楠瓜Apr 2026

Rating 2.8
Word count
185K words
Chapters
81

Tags

Contemporary Romance Love EntanglementsAngst RomanceUrban RomanceTender SentimentFemale Perspective

Summary

Before the wedding, Fu Jianlin frowned and asked her, "Do you really want to marry me?" Yu Xi smiled and answered, "Of course."

She had quietly loved him for far too long. After the wedding, he treated her with a courtesy so scrupulous it was as if he did not regard her as his wife at all. The marriage was already a dead end, and Yu Xi tossed him a divorce agreement. "Let's divorce," she said. In the years Yu Xi disappeared, Fu Jianlin's longing for her grew into an illness. When they meet again by chance in a hospital corridor, the man blocks her way with his long legs, his stance intimate. Yu Xi smiles: "What do you want?" The man's gaze is heavy as he clasps her waist. "Wife, come home with me."

Editor's review

This is an urban romance built on the emotional throughlines of "marriage first, love later" and "the husband's long road to winning his wife back." It opens with a hesitant question before the wedding, quickly establishing the gap between the heroine's years of unspoken love and the cold distance of their married life, with delicate emotional groundwork. The divorce agreement and the heroine's years-long disappearance form the book's biggest emotional turning point, shifting the hero from courteous detachment to lovesickness, creating a sharp before-and-after contrast. The reunion scene in the hospital corridor, where the hero blocks her path in an intimate stance and calls her "wife," releases years of suppressed feeling in one concentrated moment, with strong dramatic tension. Author Sixi Nangua is restrained in dialogue and scene detail, skilled at conveying character psychology through brief exchanges, making this suitable for readers who enjoy forbearance, deep feeling, and broken-mirror reunion stories to read in segments during commutes or before sleep. A caveat: the story's core relies on emotional misunderstanding and a span of time, so readers who prefer fast pacing and strong plot may need to adjust their expectations.

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Reading tips

  1. Read the pre-wedding and courteously distant married-life passages first, noting the subtle hints of the heroine's secret love, then move into the divorce and reunion; the emotional contrast will be clearer.
  2. Treat the hospital corridor reunion as an emotional node, comparing the hero's shift from courtesy to initiative before and after to appreciate the turn in their relationship.
  3. If the heroine's years of disappearance feel like a jump, slow down and piece the timeline together from the dialogue after the reunion.
  4. Best read in several sittings, one or two chapters at a time, to avoid fatigue with the emotional-misunderstanding plot when reading continuously.

Contents

  1. 版权信息
  2. 第1章 我喜欢的人
  3. 第2章 现在还喜欢他吗？
  4. 第3章 过往，送她回家
  5. 第4章 你觉得她怎么样
  6. 第5章 书澜湾的房子
  7. 第6章 我不要你的房子
  8. 第7章 你不喜欢我是不是
  9. 第8章 你喜欢我吗？
  10. 第9章 我们试试，以结婚为前提
  11. 第10章 约会，他的损友
  12. 第11章 你只要是你
  13. 第12章 带她去聚会
  14. 第13章 不经意听到
  15. 第14章 她的过去1
  16. 第15章 她的过去2
  17. 第16章 她的过去3
  18. 第17章 她的过去4
  19. 第18章 矛盾不安1
  20. 第19章 矛盾不安2
  21. 第20章 矛盾不安3
  22. 第21章 矛盾不安4
  23. 第22章 受伤的高三女孩1
  24. 第23章 受伤的高三女孩2
  25. 第24章 受伤的高三女孩3
  26. 第25章 受伤的高三女孩4
  27. 第26章 受伤的高三女孩5
  28. 第27章 受伤的高三女孩6
  29. 第28章 受伤的高三女孩7
  30. 第29章 受伤的高三女孩8
  31. 第30章 受伤的高三女孩8
  32. 第31章 受伤的高三女孩9
  33. 第32章 受伤的高三女孩10
  34. 第33章 受伤的高三女孩11
  35. 第34章 受伤的高三女孩12
  36. 第35章 自杀1
  37. 第36章 自杀2
  38. 第37章 自杀3
  39. 第38章 许清和的生日
  40. 第39章 病人家属
  41. 第40章 不如看看我
  42. 第41章 我们分手
  43. 第42章 分手之后
  44. 第43章 你是不是有病
  45. 第44章 不分手
  46. 第45章 你们结婚
  47. 第46章 停车场争执
  48. 第47章 再生变故
  49. 第48章 婚
  50. 第49章 37号病人
  51. 第50章 那半年
  52. 第51章 承诺给她一个身份
  53. 第52章 傅家大伯母
  54. 第53章 林阿姨
  55. 第54章 照片
  56. 第55章 苦肉计
  57. 第56章 做什么
  58. 第57章 过往1
  59. 第58章 过往2
  60. 第59章 过往3
  61. 第60章 过往4
  62. 第61章 过往5
  63. 第62章 过往6
  64. 第63章 纵火1
  65. 第64章 纵火2
  66. 第65章 纵火3
  67. 第66章 纵火4
  68. 第67章 微光1
  69. 第68章 微光2
  70. 第69章 微光3
  71. 第70章 微光4
  72. 第71章 决绝1
  73. 第72章 决绝2
  74. 第73章 黎明1
  75. 第74章 黎明2
  76. 第75章 黎明3
  77. 第76章 大结局1
  78. 第77章 大结局2
  79. 第78章 大结局3
  80. 第79章 大结局4
  81. 第80章 完结

FAQ

Is the romance sweet or angsty? Overall it leans angsty first, sweet later. The early part centers on the heroine's years of secret love and the courteous distance after marriage, with a subdued mood; the divorce and years of disappearance form the turning point, and after the reunion the hero actively tries to win her back as feelings gradually warm. Readers who like a bitter-then-sweet rhythm will adapt more easily.
How does the book explain the years the heroine disappeared? The material only shows that Yu Xi reunites with Fu Jianlin in a hospital corridor after several years away, without detailing those years. Readers can sense the changes time has brought through the dialogue and interactions after the reunion and need not insist on fully filling the gap.
I haven't read the author's other works. Can I start with this one? Yes. This is a standalone story centered on Fu Jianlin and Yu Xi's pre-wedding, married life, and reunion, and does not depend on prior works. Reading it directly will not affect your understanding of the relationships or the emotional mainline.
Is it better read in one sitting or in segments? Segmented reading is recommended. The emotional intensity is concentrated in the early forbearance and the later release, and continuous reading can breed fatigue with misunderstanding-driven plot. Reading one or two chapters at a time, pausing at nodes like the divorce and reunion, makes for a more relaxed experience.

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About the author

四喜楠瓜 Author

Sixi Nangua is a web-fiction author about whom limited public information is available. Ten works by this author can currently be confirmed, including Dahuan Wancheng, Hun Hou Shi Ai, Cheng Yao, Huan Wo Zou Xiang Ni, Chidao de Pian'ai, Zhui Luo Zai Xin Jian, and the two "Marriage First, Love Later" titles Yijian Zhongqing and Ni Shi Wo de Mingyun. The author's works commonly fall into modern romance and time-travel or alternate-world fiction. The titles mostly center on marital and romantic relationships, touching on themes such as love after marriage, belated affection, and mutual support, with an overall light and sweet romantic tone. Because details of the author's personal history, nationality, and dates of birth and death are not publicly available, this introduction is based only on the works and categories in the database and focuses on the author's themes and style for readers' reference.