Jin Yan is Mingde University’s most aloof academic star. From an ordinary family and carrying deep loneliness, he’s used to keeping to himself and has become practically invisible on campus. No one knows that his coldness isn’t aloofness, but the result of old wounds. When he was young, the person he liked humiliated him in public because he was poor. From then on, he shut his heart away: he didn’t dare fall in love, hope for anything, or get close to anyone. He feared poverty, the gulf between their worlds, and being abandoned or looked down on again because of his background. Then Aini appeared. Born into a wealthy family and bright and cheerful, she was like a ray of sunshine breaking into the cold of winter. Love at first sight, followed by a wholehearted pursuit. She wasn’t afraid of his chill or his tendency to keep everyone at arm’s length. Again and again, she barged into his lifeless routine. Tutoring by contract, working together in a club, and spending their days side by side. She clung to him, drew close, understood him, and warmed him. Everyone said a rich heiress and a poor academic were a bad match. Aini’s father put pressure on them, her suitors pushed him out, and reality closed in from every side. Everyone told him: You’re poor. You’re ordinary. You’re not good enough for her. Jin Yan was torn between two paths. One was a shortcut that could change his fate and let him cross class lines. The other was a tender spark of love he was too afraid to touch. He felt inferior, backed away, kept secrets, and feared being hurt. But Aini told him: “I don’t want your prospects. I just want you.” They run toward each other, saving one another in the process. In the end, the ice prince will melt beneath the warm sun, and the young man will overcome reality and find the courage to love. It turns out the best kind of love isn’t about being equally matched in status. It’s about understanding my loneliness and staying by my side as I grow.
