Moving the Nest

衾影无惭的SissiJiangsu Kuwei Culture Development Co., Ltd. · ChinaJul 2024

3.5

Word count: 239K words
Chapters: 62

Summary

[A regretful, reserved, restrained, wife-doting lone wolf, Yi Linxun X A sharp, clear-headed, alluring beauty, Chao Ning]

[Modern romance + quality fiction + urban + marriage first, love later + mature men and women + groveling pursuit of the wife]

Chao Ning is beautiful, talented, and well-off—a thoroughbred rich girl. Yet she is neither arrogant nor given to unrealistic ambitions; she has her own career, and yet she is willing to marry a man her best friend considers a scumbag.

This "scumbag" is scum in an aboveboard way: he arrives right on time for their blind date, stays silent for a long while when the two are alone, and his first words are: "Miss Chao, do you want to marry me? If you do, I'll marry you."

She has never tolerated insincerity in men, and on impulse she says yes. The "scumbag" then coolly lays out several conditions for their married life and reiterates again and again that she should not expect anything from him—especially not affection.

She seriously asks him three questions; after hearing his answers, she smiles faintly. "Fine, I'll marry you. I accept all your conditions."

During the wedding preparations, in one of Chao Ning's staged scenes, she sees how much the man minds it, and so she lays her cards on the table. Beneath her gentle smile hides bitterness: "Yi Linxun, actually, you're not the only one settling."

Editor's review

Moving the Nest brings a rare clarity and restraint to the urban romance genre. The story enters through a blind date with a clear purpose: the heroine, Chao Ning, has a career and a mind of her own, yet on impulse accepts a marriage with conditions attached; the hero, Yi Linxun, draws the lines upfront, cold in speech while his actions gradually reveal how much he cares. The book's readability comes from the back-and-forth between the two: on one side, the verbal agreement of "no expectations"; on the other, daily interactions in which care keeps crossing the boundaries. The author neither turns the heroine into a lovestruck fool nor reduces the hero to a pure symbol of coldness—the staged-scene and cards-on-the-table passages in particular expose the power struggle within the relationship. For readers who enjoy marriage-first-love-later stories and emotional games between mature men and women, this book offers ample emotional tension and the thrill of reversal. It suits segmented reading over a weekend or during commutes, following the characters as they dismantle, step by step, the rules they set for themselves.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Romance readers who enjoy marriage-first-love-later and contract-marriage setups
Readers who prefer heroines with sharp minds, emotional intelligence, and career ambition
Readers who relish the push-and-pull between mature men and women and the groveling pursuit of the wife
Office workers who want a light read about urban emotional games

Not a good fit for

Readers expecting pure campus romance or conflict-free sweet love
Readers uninterested in contract marriage or marriage-first-love-later setups
Readers who prefer fast-paced, plot-heavy stories with little psychological description

Reading tips

Pay attention to the contrast between the hero's verbal limits and his actual behavior—this is the key clue to understanding how the relationship changes.
Slow down at the staged-scene and cards-on-the-table passages to feel out each side's measures of concession and insistence.
You can use the couple's post-marriage conditions as a reading outline: watch which terms are broken first, and why.

About the publisher

Jiangsu Kuwei Culture Development Co., Ltd. China · Founded in 2014

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.

版权信息
第1章相亲局针锋相对
第2章渣得光明磊落，绝了
第3章何必要嫁一个心有所栖的人
第4章大不了就输
第5章我们赌一把好不好？
第6章莫得感情，全是技巧
第7章 Welcome back, bro.
第8章不要在一棵树上吊死
第9章不消逝但没人看的云垃圾
第10章你在等谁吗？
第11章在我面前自然不用做戏
第12章婚礼（上）演技可以以假乱真了
第13章婚礼（下）拜托，都是成年人了
第14章当下的开心惬意最重要
第15章今晚回来吗？
第16章别见外
第17章为什么他对别人念念不忘
第18章好室友
第19章他们议论的可是他老婆啊
第20章别再对我视而不见了
第21章她现在需要一个依靠
第22章说好的不试探
第23章她不想当没道德感的女人
第24章谈谈未尽事宜
第25章他说放弃了
第26章知道吗？我有点馋你
第27章迷局
第28章僵局
第29章破局
第30章暂且再忍一忍
第31章不想忍了
第32章哪有勾引，那叫欲擒故纵
第33章 Let me down slowly
第34章痴男怨女
第35章不走心，就没事了
第36章金樽对月恣欢谑
第37章等你，给我答案。
第38章这就是答案吗？
第39章想刷个存在感
第40章醋可以吃，但不能过量
第41章干活干活
第42章洲哥与柠姐
第43章终于名正言顺了
第44章看似风平浪静
第45章贴贴？抑或是一饷贪欢
第46章办公室隐婚
第47章愿以时间为筹码
第48章尔尔辞晚，朝朝辞暮
第49章有爱，但不多
第50章陈逾苏：我可以等你一生
第51章永远熟悉，永远让她热泪盈眶
第52章唯我独尊的人
第53章病房里的不速之客
第54章最会粉饰太平
第55章是度蜜月还是渡劫
第56章雨后的成熟麦穗
第57章浪漫喀纳斯
第58章归巢
第59章未来的日子，顺遂无虞
番外：旧爱难守，不如放手
番外：徐徐图之

FAQ

Is the heroine Chao Ning lovestruck?

From the available information, not at all. She is beautiful, talented, and has her own career. She agrees to the marriage partly out of impulse, but she stays clear-headed in the relationship, seriously confirms the conditions, and lays her cards on the table at key moments to express her true feelings—a character with judgment.

Why is the hero Yi Linxun called a scumbag?

"Scumbag" is more of a teasing label from the best friend's perspective. He arrives right on time for the blind date, opens by laying out post-marriage conditions and asking her not to expect affection from him—a cold, direct attitude that gives a bad impression. But the information also shows he minds the heroine's staged scenes, so the character is not one-dimensional.

Is this book suited to reading in one sitting?

Its length and pace suit segmented reading. The emotional game advances through accumulated detail; continuous reading makes it easier to follow the shifting attitudes of both characters. If time is limited, you can also read in segments around the blind date, wedding preparations, and the cards-on-the-table scene.

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About the author

衾影无惭的Sissi Author

Qin Ying Wu Can de Sissi is an author in the field of Chinese online romance writing. Public information about her is limited: only two works can currently be confirmed, namely Moving the Nest (Yi Chao) and Winning Over the Beauty (Gonglüe Yiren). Both are categorized as contemporary romance, suggesting that her writing centers on emotional relationships set against contemporary urban backdrops. Judging from the titles, Moving the Nest may imply migration, settling down, and a sense of emotional belonging, while Winning Over the Beauty carries connotations of pursuit and the careful management of feelings. Taken together, the author seems to prefer depicting the approach, testing, and choices between men and women, using everyday situations to unfold her characters' inner feelings. Because biographical details have not been made public, readers know little about the person behind the name and can grasp her narrative orientation only through the works themselves. Based on the available clues, Qin Ying Wu Can de Sissi is a writer focused on contemporary romance, with a style close to the reading habits of online readers, concentrated subject matter, and a modest output so far.