Brush Away the Snow to Find Her

After her father died in a remonstrance, Zheng Yunshu came to the capital to claim his body, only to discover that she had a betrothal waiting for her.

Her prospective in-laws were the Yan family of the capital, which had produced three chancellors, and her betrothed was Yan Jichao, the Yan family's second young master, whose fame had spread throughout the capital before he even came of age.

Though her husband was cold and taciturn, he was an upright man. At first, Yunshu believed that after marriage she would lead a peaceful, happy life.

Until the day she saw with her own eyes a portrait of an unfamiliar woman hidden in her husband's room. And when she was in a life-or-death labor, she heard Yan Jichao coldly order that the mother be abandoned and the child saved. Only then did she realize that all her hopes for the future had been a joke!

When Zheng Yunshu opened her eyes again, she had returned to six months into her marriage.

Looking at the cold profile of the man beside her, still unmoved even in sleep, Zheng Yunshu no longer concealed the hatred and disgust in her eyes.

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Yan Jichao recently noticed that his wife had changed.

She no longer spoke to him first in the morning, and when paying her respects, she never waited even a moment longer for him. The soups she made with her own hands had lost their old flavor. Even the marital intimacy she used to be so eager for was now something she resisted with all her heart.

One night, looking at the distant wife beside him in bed, Yan Jichao finally lost patience. "It is only natural for a married couple to fulfill their duties and have children."

She remained silent beside him, unwilling to offer even the slightest response.

Yan Jichao had planned to give her the cold shoulder for a few days, after which she would surely come back to him with her usual tenderness and attentiveness.

But the next day, a glaring divorce agreement appeared right in front of him.

Yan Jichao was confused and stunned. "We've only been married for half a year, and you want a divorce? Marriage is arranged by one's parents and matchmakers. How can you treat such an important matter as a joke?"

He never expected his wife to shed her former demure, gentle manner and look at him coldly as she said the cruelest words. "I loathe this life more than anything!"

What life? The life she spent with him?

Yan Jichao fell abruptly silent, his sharp gaze sweeping over her striking makeup and alluring clothes, unlike anything she'd worn before, as well as the barely perceptible touch of rouge on her lips...

In an instant, a chill rose in his eyes, and his face turned frighteningly cold.

Yan Jichao's elder brother once became a monk for the sake of a woman. From then on, the entire burden of the Yan family fell on his shoulders.

After that, he despised love and avoided it like the plague, bearing the family's responsibilities alone and never indulging in romance.

He never imagined that one day he, too, would follow in his brother's footsteps.

He fell harder and suffered worse than his brother ever did!

1. One-on-one romance, both leads' first relationship, happy ending

2. The husband pursues his wife after mistreating her (six-year age gap)

3. There are misunderstandings about the past life. They involve spoilers, so they will not be explained for now.

4. An aloof, noble, untouchable beauty x a stubborn, withdrawn orphan starved of love (emotional neglect meets someone even better at giving the cold shoulder)

Yan Jichao (Zhao)

Blurb archived on December 5, 2025.

Theme: Communicate in time to resolve conflicts.