Love at First Novel by Gu Lingfei

The Lafayette family may not be as prominent as the Stone family, but they are still wealthy, making the marriage between the two families a strong match.

Audrey holds high expectations for her eldest daughter-in-law because she believes that as the future head of the family, her eldest son needs a wife who can rise to the occasion. She worries that someone from a smaller family may lack the vision and experience necessary to handle the responsibilities of the Stone family. For her second daughter-in-law, however, she only cares about having a good character.

Elisa reassured her mother, saying, "My second brother is amazing. He'll meet the right girl when the time is right. These things depend on fate. When it's meant to be, nothing can stop it. If the timing isn't right, it can't be forced. Maybe he's just destined to marry later."

Audrey sighed. “At this point, he's already considered late. You don't need a fortune teller to see that."

She suddenly took her eldest daughter-in-law's hand, patted it gently, and said with admiration, "Alice is still the best."

Alice smiled, fully understanding the deeper meaning behind her mother-in-law's words. Years ago, she had fallen in love with Clive at first sight and had pursued him relentlessly- just like her sister-in-law, Elisa, had pursued Zachary.

At first, Clive was completely indifferent to Alice, much like how Zachary had treated Elisa. No matter how much she did for him, he wouldn't even look her way.

a long time without success, eventually feeling disheartened and

pursuit, and when she finally walked away, he realized his true feelings. Fearing she might move on,

up together-now a loving couple with a happy little

had always been supportive of Alice and had encouraged her from

Alice hadn't pursued Clive so persistently, he would

like that

Zachary No matter how cold Zachary was toward her, she refused to give up, thinking that if her sister-in-law had won over her brother,

Zachary was not Clive, and her persistence

before handing him to her mother. She gathered some fresh fruit

"We're not even officially married yet, but every time I