Li Xunyao made her way through the bitterly cold nights of her fifteenth year, covered in mud.
Her mother was gravely ill, and cold winds blew from every direction. She had once mistaken a sudden downpour for the promise of homecoming, only to be left battered and bruised in the storm stirred up by Lu Yiling.
Everyone said she was stubborn and sharp-edged, carrying dust that could never be washed away.
It was only when she met Li Zhiheng that things changed.
He was no god descending from the heavens, but a man who stood as still and true as jade. He neither pitied her nor looked down on her. He met her as an equal, accepting every broken and imperfect part of her.
She searched the world for a ray of light, and that light dwelled in Zhiheng.
When the storms had passed, they finally had a new chapter that belonged to them alone.
Theme: A woman holds on to herself through hardship, breaks free from the pain of her past, and grows into an independent person. Love is not salvation; you are your own salvation.
