Pretend
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Summary
[Premium fiction + romance + wealthy family saga + love contract + industry elites + sweet story + redemption + HE + alternate universe]
On the very day you turned 20, you were married off.
By family agreement, a marriage by imperial decree.
The one originally meant to marry you was a playboy much like yourself, but inexplicably his older brother stepped in and took his place.
Kent Ackermann is 10 years older than you, the current head of the Ackermann family, and a leading figure in today's business empire.
Everyone says he is cold and ruthless.
Yet he was willing to marry Cecilia, the illegitimate daughter of the Cecilia family, ten years his junior, and put on his wedding ring the very day after the wedding:
"Will you come home with me?"
"Yes."
"Can I continue to finish my studies?"
"Yes."
"Can I keep your identity private?"
"........"
"......Yes."
But the air pressure dropped.
Editor's review
Who it's for
A good fit for
- Romance readers who like contract marriage and marriage-first-then-love setups
- Those who prefer older male leads and romance lines where a cold exterior gradually gives way
- People who need light sweet stories with HE endings as leisure reading
- Readers interested in a designer professional backdrop and a wealthy-family framework
Not a good fit for
- Readers who demand strict real-world logic and dislike alternate-universe wealthy-family settings
- People who dislike age gaps and family-arranged marriage themes
- Serious literary readers expecting complex suspense or depth on social issues
Reading tips
- Best for weekend or bedtime binge reading; the romance line is slow-burn, and reading continuously makes it easier to enter the characters' emotions
- Pay attention to the pauses and ellipses in the dialogue between the leads—relationship progress often hides in what is left unsaid
- When you reach plot points about the concealed identity, look back at earlier details to feel the tension of the character's two faces
- Treat it as light emotional entertainment; no need to check every setup against real-world relationship logic
About the publisher
Jiangsu Kuwei Culture Development Co., Ltd. is a cultural enterprise focused on planning and publishing literature and social science books. Public information is limited, and the available details come mainly from its in-house catalogue. Its publishing areas cover prose and essays, foreign literature, social science classics, mystery and detective fiction, and history books, with attention to reissues and boxed sets of classic works. Representative titles include Wang Zengqi's essay collection Renjian Youwei, Wanwu Youqu, The Little Prince, a boxed set of Western philosophical classics, Mao Dun's classic works, a collection of Yasunari Kawabata's award-winning works, Cai Lan's essays, and the Eddie Flynn courtroom mystery series. Its authors include Chinese and foreign names such as Wang Zengqi, Mao Dun, Yasunari Kawabata, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Plato, and Marcus Aurelius, reflecting a publishing profile that brings together Chinese prose, foreign literature, and philosophical and social science classics.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 第一章
- 第二章
- 第三章
- 第四章
- 第五章
- 第六章
- 第七章
- 第八章
- 第九章
- 第十章
- 第十一章
- 第十二章
- 第十三章
- 第十四章
- 第十五章
- 第十六章
- 第十七章
- 第十八章
- 第十九章
- 第二十章
- 第二十一章
- 第二十二章
- 第二十三章
- 第二十四章
- 第二十五章
- 第二十六章
- 第二十七章
- 第二十八章
- 第二十九章
- 第三十章
- 第三十一章
- 第三十二章
- 第三十三章
- 第三十四章
- 第三十五章
- 第三十六章
- 第三十七章
- 第三十八章
- 第三十九章
- 第四十章
- 第四十一章
- 第四十二章
- 第四十三章
- 第四十四章 番外1
- 第四十五章 番外2
- 第四十六章 番外3
FAQ
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About the author
Mo Yifeng is an author about whom limited public information is available. Two works are currently known, with representative titles including Fall and Pretend. Judging from these two books, the writing falls mainly between the genres of youth literature and modern romance, focusing on the emotional ups and downs and inner changes of young people in relationships. The titles themselves carry a certain emotional direction: Fall suggests a state of weightlessness and psychological descent, while Pretend points to concealment and misalignment in emotion. Together they reveal a tendency toward psychological characterization and narratives driven by emotional tension. Because basic details such as nationality, dates of birth and death, English name, and personal experience are not clearly recorded, little can be said about the author's background or creative development. Though the number of works is small, the themes are concentrated, and the style leans toward delicate, restrained urban youth writing, suitable for readers interested in modern romance and coming-of-age themes.
