Frost and Snow Veil the Clear Moonlight

Six years ago, Xiao Yanci, the fourteen-year-old legitimate son of the Marquis's household, was hunted down and fell into a bottomless abyss.

When he awoke, he discovered that a woman living in seclusion deep in the valley had saved him.

A young woman lived at the bottom of the valley, cool and aloof, wanting nothing to do with the world. She took him in, healed his injuries, and taught him about medicinal herbs for three months.

Later, his family came looking for him, and he left.

During those three months together, she taught him to identify and gather herbs. She rarely spoke, but attended to every detail. He called her “Sister Shen.” She never answered, but never told him to stop, either.

The day he left, the morning mist was thick. She stood in the courtyard, watching him look back three times with every step. All she said was:

“Go on. Don't look back.”

He listened. He left and didn't look back.

Six years later, in the capital.

Xiao Yan was now the Marquis Who Guards the State, wielding power over the Ministry of Justice. Cold and ruthless, he commanded everyone's respect.

Shen Weilan, meanwhile, had been found and brought back to the General's Mansion. She was the legitimate daughter of Old General Chen, who had been lost from her family for over twenty years.

At a palace banquet, across a hall filled with lamplight, he saw her.

Shen Weilan was still as quiet and reserved as ever, sitting in a corner without saying a word.

He did not go over to her.

Neither did she.

[Reading Guide]

· The heroine is aloof, the hero says little, and their relationship develops slowly.

· A slice-of-life story with a slow-burn pace.