short series

Half-Ripe Husband

share time: 2025-11-05 06:00:36

Lin Xiaoman is married to Chen Mo, the "perfect husband" everyone envies—an investment bank executive who’s gentle, thoughtful, and even mediates her relationship with her mother-in-law flawlessly. But on their first wedding anniversary, Chen Mo takes a fall and starts transforming into an 18-year-old rebellious teen every night at 10 PM: he dyes his hair gold, plays video games nonstop, uses her luxury skincare as paint, and snaps, "Who are you to boss me around"! Xiaoman is forced into a "double-life marriage": during the day, she navigates her mature husband’s business socials; at night, she coaxes the rebellious "young husband" to finish his high school homework—all while hiding the secret from her mother-in-law and colleagues. What’s more heart-stirring is that the 18-year-old Chen Mo pulls out his high school diary—stuffed with photos of her class duty roster—and admits, "I’ve had a crush on you since senior year"; yet the mature Chen Mo has a divorce draft in his briefcase, believing he can’t give her the happiness she deserves. As the two sides of her "half-ripe husband" slowly merge, Xiaoman discovers: the most beautiful marriage isn’t about perfection—it’s about choosing to "ripen" the days together, even after seeing each other’s flaws.

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