Kissing in the Snow

[I'm planning to finish the whole novel before posting, so it probably won't start for a while.]

One year after their wedding, Yun Zhi still couldn't fit into the life of a wealthy wife.

After Lin Hanqi personally witnessed his mother giving Yun Zhi a hard time, he could take it no longer. He took Yun Zhi and left the family.

Just as their life together was getting better and better, they set off on a long-overdue honeymoon. Before they even reached the airport, their taxi was in an accident.

When an out-of-control truck came crashing toward them, Lin Hanqi shielded Yun Zhi with his body.

Yun Zhi was only slightly injured, but Lin Hanqi was near death.

When he woke up, Lin Hanqi had lost his memory.

At first, Yun Zhi didn't notice anything was wrong.

Lin Hanqi remembered her, their relationship, and everything that had happened.

But before long, he looked at Yun Zhi's phone and asked, “What is this?”

He had forgotten phones, didn't know what they were for, and had no idea how to use one.

Yun Zhi handed him a banana.

He took it, then put it straight into his mouth and bit down.

Lin Hanqi had even forgotten how to tell food apart.

He didn't recognize cars, didn't know what an overpass was, and couldn't remember the traffic rules.

Looking at the busy road, he showed no sign of it on his face, but held Yun Zhi's hand tightly and stood in front of her.

Faced with a world that was completely unfamiliar, Lin Hanqi was frightened.

But he never forgot his instinct to protect Yun Zhi.

He used to be a favored son of heaven, and most things had always come easily to him.

After losing his memory, he felt he was no longer useful.

Yun Zhi had originally thought it was no big deal.

“You've only forgotten some unimportant things. You took such good care of me before, so now I can take good care of you.”

Until that night.

They were cuddled up together in bed, the mood just right, lost in tenderness.

Lin Hanqi could clearly feel that something had changed. He looked at Yun Zhi and fell silent for a long time.

Then, looking a little confused, he asked, “Am I supposed to do something?”

Yun Zhi: “...”

[Little Scene]

Yun Zhi had always thought that taking care of Lin Hanqi wouldn't be difficult.

Just as he had once taken care of her so attentively, all it took was love.

Less than half a month later, Yun Zhi changed her mind.

This memory loss affected daily life more than she'd imagined.

Apart from his adult mindset, Lin Hanqi's intelligence and understanding of the world had been reset to zero.

He had to relearn every little thing, and his frequent blunders caused Yun Zhi plenty of trouble.

Yun Zhi never looked down on him.

But gradually, she stopped taking him out as much.

More often, she left him home alone.

Lin Hanqi offered to pick her up from work, but Yun Zhi turned him down, saying she was worried something might happen to him. “Stay home and be good, okay?”

She turned and left, never seeing the man looking dejected and hurt, while pretending to be calm.

Later, Yun Zhi got busier and busier with work, made more and more friends, and Lin Hanqi spent longer and longer stretches of time alone at home.

Then one day,

Lin Hanqi wanted to ease Yun Zhi's burden, so he went out by himself. Something happened to him.

Faced with the Lin family's accusations, Yun Zhi accepted all the blame.

While checking the security footage, she learned that every day when she left for work, Lin Hanqi stood at the door watching her go, anxious and longing, dejected and lonely.

Yun Zhi left work early.

She opened the door and saw Lin Hanqi, who had been learning to do housework for a long time, looking as if all his gloom had lifted, his eyes alight with excitement and joy. Something suddenly struck her heart.

She hadn't even realized that, without meaning to, she'd come to see him as a burden.

He must have been so sad.

Yun Zhi suddenly burst into tears and rushed into his arms. “...I'm sorry.”

Lin Hanqi froze, then his eyes reddened too.

After a long pause, he said hoarsely, “It seems like you always think I'll forgive you easily, no matter what you do.”

Yun Zhi panicked. “I was wrong...”

He had always protected her so well, but she'd neglected him because of work.

Yet no matter how busy Lin Hanqi was with work, he never made her feel insecure.

“Is saying 'I'm sorry' and 'I was wrong' enough?”

Lin Hanqi seemed genuinely angry, his tone firm. “...At least start by telling me you love me.”

The Lin family had never had much faith in the young couple's relationship.

Although the two of them had been doing better and better since leaving the Lin family, it was all thanks to Lin Hanqi.

After Lin Hanqi's accident, a woman like Yun Zhi wouldn't last long.

Especially when Lin Hanqi nearly got into another accident along the way.

The furious Lin family went to Yun Zhi to demand that she hand him over, issuing an ultimatum.

They had thought they could simply take Lin Hanqi back the next time.

They never expected that

half a year later, the couple's relationship would be even stronger.

Another half a year passed.

Lin Hanqi recovered, Yun Zhi became capable of standing on her own, and their love remained as strong as ever.

Year after year,

It seemed they loved each other more and more.

The more they loved, the better and sweeter it got.

What is love like?

It's when either of them could walk away at any time, but neither can bear to leave.

It's when they could both live without each other, but do everything they can to stay together.

“In this day and age, do you still believe in love?”

“I only believe in you.”

Content warnings:

1. Neither the female lead nor the male lead is perfect. They make mistakes (but nothing that crosses a line).

2.

Theme: Overcoming difficulties together