Inferior to the Dawn

"An evenly split marriage, 100% happiness."
Su Jin, the adopted daughter of the Su family, falls in love with her elder brother, Su Mubai, in her youth.
In the beginning, he promises her, "After you graduate from university, we will get married."
However, he ends up marrying someone else.
Later on, she gets busy attending blind dates and tries to enter an ordinary marriage with a heart that's nothing but cold and dead.
Jin Hengyuan is cold but handsome—he's her nth blind date.
The first time they meet, she wants to scare him away. "If you think it's suitable, we can get registered tomorrow!"
He smiles. "I'm going on a business trip tomorrow. I'll be there in the afternoon!"
In the afternoon, she becomes his wife.
...
She is a quiet woman who doesn't fight or argue.
He has no house, but she says it's fine.
When it comes to meals, she insists they split the bill evenly.
When it comes to sleeping, she insists on sleeping in separate beds.
When a woman clings onto him, she ignores her and turns to leave.
Even with his daughter clinging to him, she only frowns and tries to keep her composure.
A hidden marriage. No one knows that they are husband and wife. Nor does she care.
After being plotted against and sent to the police station, he comes to her rescue. Finally, he loses it and starts scolding her, "Must you be so stubborn? Why didn't you call me when something happened? Do you think I'm dead?"
She pouts indignantly. "Jin Hengyuan, do you treat me as your wife? If you do, why did you choose to get married in secret?"
His anger turns into a smile. Good, she's finally angry.
This love was finally no longer his one-man show.
...
Small skits:
"Jin Hengyuan, I want a divorce!"
"Reason!"
"You lied to me!"
"How did I lie to you?"
"You're clearly an attorney. When did you become an errand boy?"
"Aren't attorneys supposed to run errands for clients? I take on all kinds of cases. Isn't this considered an odd-job laborer?"
"…"
Oh, damn it. How did she marry such a bully of an attorney?

The Perfect Hidden Marriage

Hearing that, Sheng Lou curled his lips. "I don't believe that we won't be able to get a divorce if we don't look for him!"

"It'll be very troublesome. There's no way to end this quickly," Ah Hu said.

"But didn't he say that he would be busy in the near future?!" Sheng Lou got angry just thinking about it. "As far as I know, he goes back to his grandparents' house in Jia City almost every weekend. Other than accompanying that illegitimate daughter of his, he doesn't do anything else. If he's sincere, he can arrange a meeting immediately, but he insists on delaying it until next Thursday? This attitude clearly shows that he doesn't want to take on the case."

"No matter what his intentions are, our only choice of a divorce lawyer is Jin Hengyuan." Ah Hu looked towards Su Mubai, who was deep in thought. "This person has a strong background and can solve some problems that we might not be able to solve."

Sheng Lou thought about it carefully and remained silent in the end.

As for Su Mubai, he sat there without moving from start to finish.

He had a nagging feeling that Jin Hengyuan might have other reasons for rejecting the case…

On the other side, Jin Hengyuan was watching his wife drink her fruit juice. Of course, she could not possibly have heard who he was talking to on the phone. Otherwise, her expression would not be so calm either.

Regarding Su Mubai, Jin Hengyuan had never interacted with him before. The focus of his work revolved around these three areas: Shanghai, Tianjin, and Beijing. Su Mubai was based in City H, so they would not have met.

A few days ago, at a cocktail party, a mentor from his college days introduced him to Su Mubai.

Whilst chatting, this person revealed his intention to entrust him with a lawsuit.

At that time, Su Mubai had been in a hurry so he did not go into detail. Today, Jin Hengyuan finally realized that he was in a hurry to find him because he wanted a divorce.

Based on what he knew, Su Mubai and Qin Xueyu had a son and their relationship as husband and wife seemed to be pretty good all this while. Recently, the Su family hadn't shown any signs of wanting a divorce. So why was this person secretly trying to hire an attorney?

What made Su Mubai think that it would be difficult to get a divorce, thereby causing him to invite Jin Hengyuan directly?

In the eyes of many, when in courtship, a boyfriend should pay for his girlfriend; after marriage, a husband should pay for his wife: how much a man spends on a woman will show how much he loves her.

Su Jin felt that this was ridiculous. Hence, when they were footing the bill, she called out to Jin Hengyuan. "We'll each pay for our own expenses. In the future, I'll split the costs of all the expenses incurred in our marriage with you equally."

Su Jin smiled faintly and said, "Actually, we already went Dutch on our first meeting!"

That time, when she left, she had paid for her own coffee. She didn't pay for his. He should know that.

"But I think that after marriage, it's only right for a man to provide for a woman!"

Jin Hengyuan came back to his senses and slowly expressed his contrasting opinion.

"But I think that only when a woman achieves economic independence in her marriage will she have a say in the relationship. Relying on her husband to support her… Firstly, it's easy to grow disconnected from society; secondly, she'll be looked down upon."

Figuring Out Each Other's Thoughts