Warm Winter

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1.

In high school, Chen Nianhan was a transfer student who wore a mask every day, sat quietly in a corner of the classroom, and never spoke to anyone.

Until Song Yanchi made a bet with someone and pulled off her mask in front of everyone.

From then on, he couldn't take his eyes off her.

Song Yanchi was a legend at the prestigious high school: handsome, top of his class, and the heartthrob every girl admired.

Yet he didn't care for anyone, except that quiet transfer student. He loved teasing her between classes: "Give your big brother a smile, and I'll teach you how to solve the problems."

Later, the transfer student transferred away again.

After that, no one ever sat beside Song Yanchi.

She saw Song Yanchi again on a flight back to China, when she accidentally spilled coffee on him.

The man wore a grim expression, his eyes dark and menacing, like a demon crawling out of hell.

She still remembered that rainy night years ago, when she broke his pride and crushed his dignity beneath her feet.

-

Later, Song Yanchi became Chen Nianhan's neighbor.

One day, Song Yanchi marched into her home with a team of construction workers. Pointing at a corner of the ceiling, he ordered, "Right here. Make a hole and build a staircase. No lock on it."

Chen Nianhan folded her arms and looked at him coldly. "Explain."

When the others weren't paying attention, Song Yanchi bit her red lips. "Baby, I told you not to lock me out again."

"..."

2.

In her second year of high school, Chen Nianhan was set up by her stepbrother and stepsister, then sent abroad by her own mother.

After that, her mother never asked after her again.

Seven years later, she was hailed as Britain's youngest architectural design prodigy. Despite her mentor asking her to stay again and again, she resolutely returned to China.

Back home, Chen Nianhan came face-to-face with her former stepsister and stepbrother. They still thought she was the pushover she'd been back then, but she slapped them down, one after another.

Her birth mother came to her in person, begging her to spare her brother and sister.

Chen Nianhan gave a faint, indifferent smile. "They owe me. You do too."

-

Little extra:

At a class reunion, someone asked Chen Nianhan what she had been doing since returning to China.

She thought for a moment. "Taking people apart."

Taking apart her stepsister, her stepbrother, and sometimes... Song Yanchi too.

* Both are each other's first and only love / Reunion after a long separation / Mutual devotion / Equal partners

* Primarily urban, with school flashbacks

[★Contest entry reason: The female lead is an architectural designer who loves traditional culture and enjoys incorporating traditional elements into her designs. After returning to China, she creates a series of buildings inspired by traditional culture, aiming to promote it. She also takes part in restoring a historic architectural complex.]

[Coming soon: Spoiled]

When Shen Qinghan was ten, his family fell into decline and his father died. His two-year-old sister also disappeared without a trace.

Overnight, he went from being the envy of everyone to a laughingstock among the upper crust of Jing City.

From that day on, Shen Qinghan's personality changed completely.

When he was eighteen, he found a little girl by the roadside.

The little girl was emaciated, her clothes torn and ragged, her whole body covered in grime as if she'd just crawled out of the mud. Shen Qinghan, who was usually fastidious, frowned on instinct. But the girl clung stubbornly to his pant leg, her pitiful expression just like that of his sister, who had been missing for six years.

Shen Qinghan was momentarily dazed. The little girl took the opportunity to wrap her arms around his leg. "Big brother, I'm hungry."

Shen Qinghan had no choice but to take her to get something to eat.

Once she was full, the little girl gave him a sly look and shamelessly refused to leave.

-

Lin Wanyin was the only light in Shen Qinghan's long, lonely life.

Until she turned eighteen, Shen Qinghan treated her as his little sister, wanting to give her every good thing in the world.

Then one day, Lin Wanyin left without saying goodbye, not even leaving a note.

Shen Qinghan flew into a rage, but then rubbed his brow.

What else could he do but find the girl he'd raised and keep spoiling her?

* Reunion after a long separation / Healing each other

[Coming soon: Spring in Full Bloom]

Li Sheng of Nanwan No. 1 High School was beautiful, had a sweet voice, and had held the top spot in her grade for years.

Then one day, a new boy arrived in her class. He kept to himself and rarely spoke. His only redeeming quality was his stunning looks, earning him the title of the most handsome student at Nanwan No. 1 High School.

After midterms, Li Sheng came in second, by just one point.

And the one who took first place was none other than the taciturn new student.

That night, Li Sheng blocked Xu Xiangtao at the classroom door. "Hey, you. You've successfully caught my attention."

Xu Xiangtao glanced at her and replied casually, "You're crazy."

"..."

For a long time afterward, Xu Xiangtao kept receiving strange text messages.

"The Moments post you liked is now a sweet donut."

"I'm nine and you're three. Besides you, there's only you."

-

Li Sheng had had a crush on Xu Xiangtao for years. At last, during a show, she gathered the courage to announce her feelings to the world.

But before she could get the words out, Xu Xiangtao suddenly pushed open the recording studio door. His peach-blossom eyes lifted and settled on Li Sheng's stunned face. A smile played at his lips. "I heard you like me too?"

Li Sheng: "..."

Heard, my ass. I've confessed to you hundreds of times.

* Gorgeous girl vs. aloof heartthrob

* Academic rivals, secretly in love with each other

Theme: Promote traditional culture.