Warm Again on a Snowy Night [Marriage Before Love]

* A girl's unrequited love | A villain's true feelings | A marriage of convenience | A powerful man humbly begging for love | Playing a loving couple in public, then pulling each other into a whirlwind of desire in private

* Hypocritical, gloomy, and refined scum x clear-eyed, self-serving master liar. A black lotus and a white flower putting on an act for each other

1.

Jiang Ruoci goes on a blind date in place of a friend, only to find her high school crush waiting for her.

Ren Qingchen is handsome, comes from a prominent family, and treats everyone with warmth and courtesy. His eyes always seem filled with compassion for all living things. He's the lofty son of heaven she could never hope to reach.

She, meanwhile, comes from an ordinary family and is at a low point in her career. Not only is she not the person he's been waiting for, she isn't even one of his options.

By a twist of fate, the two enter a marriage of convenience, pretending to be a loving couple in front of others.

2-

After they marry, Ren Qingchen treats Jiang Ruoci with tenderness and consideration, granting her every wish.

Until one day, drunk and out of control, he lets her tear off his mask with her own hands.

"Afraid of me?" His jade-like fingers gently cradle her face, his expression cold and gloomy. "Too bad you promised me you wouldn't run away."

After that day, Ren Qingchen stops pretending in front of her.

Jiang Ruoci knew from the start that he was hypocritical, sinister, and cold-hearted.

And she was the beneficiary of his "kindness."

3-

In this marriage, Ren Qingchen plays the gentle, kind man, while Jiang Ruoci plays the woman who doesn't love him.

But in the end, she is the one who plays the game better.

On a snowy night, Ren Qingchen holds her in his arms and kisses her again and again after she gives in to her feelings.

"I want you to waver for me one more time."

"The fervor and traces in the snow secretly kept from that year, the diary gone cold, grow warm again this winter."

At the end of the story, the cold-hearted learn to love, and the liar gets what she wants.

Blurb concept noted from a screenshot on 2025.10.12

Theme: Love yourself