On the day of the first snow, Chen Siwan got the good news: she was unemployed.
Without her wage-slave identity, the Empress Dowager at home felt sorry for her at first and treated her to good food and drink. But after a while, the Empress Dowager grew displeased.
Looking at the golden retriever who'd also been kicked out, Chen Siwan suddenly came up with a way to make money.
She got a dog-walking order and rushed to the client's home. When she met the person's eyes, she nearly poked a hole in the poop bag in her hand.
Why had nobody told her the person who placed the order was her ex-boyfriend?!
Before Zhou Yanqing met Chen Siwan, everything had gone smoothly for him.
Then he dated her, got dumped by her, and started receiving a monthly transfer right on schedule, with the note clearly reading: "Child support." For the first time, he felt what it was like to take a fall.
In her eyes, he wasn't even as important as a dog.
After she completed that dog-walking order, he tried placing another, only to be told she was busy and had paused her side job.
Then he saw Chen Siwan at a cafe, smiling brightly as she chatted and laughed with the man across from her. He gave a cold laugh. So she really was busy, busy going on a blind date with someone else.
Later, on a snowy night, Chen Siwan hurried to the emergency room with someone.
Zhou Yanqing happened to be on the night shift. When he recognized the pale man on the hospital bed as the blind date from the cafe, his gaze instantly turned cold.
A moment later, in an empty stairwell, Chen Siwan was pinned against the wall.
Zhou Yanqing touched her chin, his voice seductive. "Who is he?"
"My fiance," she said.
Thinking of the man's lab results, a dark look flashed through Zhou Yanqing's eyes. "Chen Siwan, if you want to get married, take a look at me."
He lowered his head, his warm breath brushing her ear. "I'm more obedient than he is, and I'm clean."
He put particular emphasis on the last two words.
As the snow fell harder outside, Chen Siwan suddenly remembered what he'd said the year she broke up with him: "Once we break up, I won't wait for you again."
But the person trapping her in the corner and refusing to let go was clearly him.
Theme: Don't let money come between you and what you want.
