The Frost Is Thick

Bai Shuang was born in a small county town. On her way home from primary school one day, she met a Taoist priest who told her that she was destined to practice Taoism. Once she attained enlightenment, she should come find him and become his disciple. Bai Shuang nodded vaguely, then went home and told her parents. They assumed she'd met a con artist and warned her never to talk to strangers again.

After graduating from college, Bai Shuang landed a job at a publicly listed state-owned company through a stroke of luck. During those years, her life went smoothly, with everything looking up.

Just as she thought things would keep going so well, the company laid her off.

After losing her job, she collected unemployment benefits while searching for work, but half a year went by and the few interviews she managed to get led nowhere.

She could no longer afford the house she'd bought at the market's peak, and finally sold it at a loss.

At her lowest point, a webpage popped up advertising a journey of self-cultivation. She used the little money she had left to travel there.

After getting off the high-speed train, she took a taxi to her destination, but the cab broke down halfway there. An old Taoist on the mountainside waved to her.

After several years of cultivating at the Taoist temple, her master passed away. Bai Shuang had no choice but to descend the mountain and find work.

One day on her way home from work, she saved an elderly man. The hospital director sought her out and tested her repeatedly. Once he learned what she could do... he wanted to sacrifice her to a powerful figure in exchange for a brighter political future of his own...

The old man's son happened to run into Bai Shuang as she left the office and wanted to treat her to a meal to show his gratitude.

In less than three minutes of conversation, she turned him down four times...

To keep herself safe, Bai Shuang had no choice but to marry the old man's son... and begin a contract marriage...