[Winter survival + beast taming + doting on her husband + fiercely protective + farming in a cave wilderness + sweet romance + two strong, straightforward lovers]
An endless winter freezes the Great Shang Empire, divine punishment brings the nation to ruin, and the entire Chu family is framed and slaughtered in their manor.
With her father and brothers dead, Chu Yun Ning falls off a cliff with a broken leg, barely clinging to life. Only the white cat that has grown up beside her risks its life to protect her, revealing its true form as a nine-tailed fox.
At the brink of death, she crosses paths with Shen Yan, a blind hunter from a mountain stronghold.
Cold-faced and hard-hearted, with an iron will, he struggles to survive the icy wilderness to protect his frail grandmother and young sister. Fifty jin of meat is enough to drive his family to ruin.
She has a mysterious power that lets her hear the thoughts of every beast. Though her broken bones make it hard to move, she refuses to let anyone push her around. At first sight, she picks the only man in this mountain hollow who can shelter her from the wind and snow.
Others laugh at her for taking in a blind man who'll only weigh her down, and mock him for taking on a crippled burden when they're both doomed to die.
But Chu Yun Ning is fiercely protective. Owing him her life, she repays him by hunting sixty jin of meat, clearing land and stockpiling food, using a hot spring to grow crops in warm fields, and coaxing life back into frozen earth with her wood-element power.
Shen Yan is cold on the outside but soft-hearted within. He complains about her every chance he gets, yet turns around and carries her across treacherous peaks. His blade is always there to protect her. Anyone who harms his wife will have to face his arrows and sword first.
Xueqiu the nine-tailed fox guards their home and finds treasures, while their fertile land yields a bountiful harvest every year.
A former noblewoman of the Prime Minister's household × a blind warrior-hunter from the brink of despair: two strong, straightforward lovers devoted to each other. They reclaim the frozen wilderness, tame beasts, stockpile food, and keep one another warm, living a sweet and loving life together!