The First Clear Day After Snow [Rekindled Love]

[Rekindled Romance] [Childhood Sweethearts] [Fallen Heiress x Devoted Wolf-Dog]

After her family falls into ruin, Shu Yingxue reins in her pride, withdraws from society, and takes a part-time job playing piano.

At the lobby of a five-star hotel, she has just finished a piece when a spoiled young heir she had a score to settle with shows up by chance and recognizes her onstage. "Well, well, Miss Shu. What are you doing here, putting on a show? Why not come home with me and smile for your big brother?"

She is used to people fawning over the powerful and looking down on the fallen, but this is the first time she has been humiliated in public. As the crowd murmurs and her eyes redden, she is nearly ready to leave when a casual "Keep playing" drifts down from a private booth on the second floor. The entire room falls silent.

She looks up to thank him and meets a familiar pair of eyes.

It is Pei Ji, her ex, whom she has not seen in years.

He wears a sharp, cool suit and idly swirls his wine, a faint, cold smile playing on his lips. "Keep playing. I say when you can stop."

The carefree young heir of old has taken control of the group. Now he is a powerful figure in Jing City, able to sway fortunes and decide who lives or dies.

He is nothing like the man who once crushed his pride and begged her humbly not to leave when they broke up.

That day, rubbing her aching wrist, she thinks that he really must hate her.

She knows how far apart they are in status, and that their old grievances will not simply disappear.

She deliberately tries to keep her distance, but for the sake of her company, she has no choice but to stand before him again and meekly explain why she has come.

After listening for a long while, he leans back in his chair and looks up with a faint smile. "Miss Shu, in what capacity are you asking me for help?"

"...If you won't help, then forget it." Her voice grows hoarse as she fights back tears.

"If you're asking for help, you should act like it." He pushes his wineglass toward her.

That night, she pours his drinks. He downs one glass after another, his gaze wandering before settling on her again.

Only after he closes his eyes in drunkenness does she quietly get up. She has taken just a few steps when he suddenly grabs her wrist, pulling her into his warm embrace.

"Shu Yingxue, you're still so annoying. You say so much, but not one word is something I want to hear."

"Then what do you want to hear?"

He looks down at her. The ice in his eyes shatters, and the burning heat beneath it surges forth.

"Say you regret it."

"Say you still love me."

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

2. They reunite at the beginning, with flashbacks interwoven

2026.9.3

Theme: Love makes people grow up