A Hot Kiss on a Blizzard Night

A ruthless, rough-around-the-edges prince of the capital's elite x a runaway heiress from Hong Kong's high society / road-trip story / runaway bride and groom / winning her back after marriage / seven-year age gap / playboy reforms / opens with a one-night stand / sc

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Gu Xihuan is Hong Kong's most notorious spoiled darling. Her family arranges for her to marry Xu Qingji, a playboy from the capital's elite whom she has never met and who is rumored to be a notorious womanizer.

She knows she could never hold on to a playboy more elusive than smoke, so she runs away abroad.

In a bar overseas, Gu Xihuan meets a proud, distinguished Chinese man. His upturned eyes, which seem to look at even dogs with affection, are full of casual amusement.

Under the bar's shifting lights, the man pats the face of a white girl who comes over to flirt, easily sending her on her way.

Across the crowd dancing to pounding music, Gu Xihuan and the man look at each other for a moment. Gu Xihuan falls for him.

With her striking, intensely beautiful face, Gu Xihuan looks every bit the innocent, unsophisticated jasmine flower.

She wants to be a little wilder. She goes into the restroom, takes off her hoodie, puts on lipstick, and walks up to him in just her sports bra. She makes a move and asks if he wants to leave with her.

They kiss passionately through the night as a blizzard rages beyond the window, do the wildest things, and watch the sun rise from the balcony...

The next day, the man introduces himself in Cantonese, trying out her hometown dialect: "My name is Xu Su. Want to have some fun with me?"

Gu Xihuan nods. From the thousand-year-old beating heart of Sicily to the golden sunrise over Juri Temple in Xinduqiao.

They stay together the whole time. Later, when Gu Xihuan is head over heels, she asks him, "Will you marry me?"

Xu Su only falls silent. She understands, packs her bags, and goes her own way.

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Xu Qingji's childhood nickname is A-Su. After Xu Qingji returns to the capital, he faces a marriage he can't get out of and only wants to go abroad to find her.

He never expects to see her again at the matchmaking banquet for his arranged marriage: the goddess of light, the butterfly that flew away from him.

[One-line summary: The person I had a one-night stand with after running away from my wedding turns out to be my arranged-marriage match.]

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The wind rises again, the wind rises again, leaves fall to the ground, longing grows stronger, never fading since we parted.

I want to see you and hold you, want to look at you once more, but it's already too late.

"More Than Time Can Never Be Rewound"

Theme: Swim against the current.