A Letter from the Snow

1, On the night before Chun Xu quit her job in Iceland, she decided to drive the Ring Road. She went online looking for a travel buddy. She didn't find one, but she did find a job as a driver, photographer, and interpreter. Her boss, Ying Shixue, had once been a top-tier star in the fashion world. At the height of her fame, that cool, dazzling face could be seen everywhere. Love words slipped out when the moonlight lit up Diamond Beach. A passionate kiss more dazzling than the aurora when the northern lights flared. Intimate whispers in the humid heat of the car. Her camera held countless snapshots of Ying Shixue's alluring face, sometimes making her lose herself, sometimes caught losing herself in Chun Xu. Two people who should never have crossed paths spent countless blue hours entwined together. 2, The spring of the second year after she returned to China, Chun Xu received a letter from the snow. Inside the envelope was an invitation to a photography job. On her first day at work, she saw Ying Shixue and smiled as she held out her hand. "Hello, Miss Ying. It's nice to meet you. I'm looking forward to working with you." The other woman passed her without expression, as though they'd never met. That evening, back at her rented apartment, Chun Xu found Ying Shixue blocking her way in the dim stairwell. A faint smile appeared on her cool, beautiful face. "Nice to meet me? What, was serving me before so unpleasant that you want to wipe the slate clean?" 3, The day they drove to the end of the world on Iceland's Ring Road, Ying Shixue wrote something on the fogged-up window. Just before getting out, she reached over and wiped it away. Chun Xu asked what she'd written. Ying Shixue said it was nothing. Later, they kissed in the car, their breath clouding the glass in the humid heat. Ying Shixue's damp hand traced the fogged window, and her soft lips brushed Chun Xu's ear. "That day, I wrote: Chun Xu, give me the opening chapter of spring." [In Iceland's blue hour on the winter solstice, we shared the tremors of spring] The first draft of this blurb was written on April 14, 2023, the day the spring solar term Jingzhe ended. Iceland is truly so beautiful. I've wanted to write a story about it for a long time. Screenshot saved. Revised on May 2, 2025. Screenshot saved. Theme: