Blurb: Independent and sweet × aloof and distinguished
The boyfriend who had pursued Ming Xueting for two years suddenly turned rotten. She was in low spirits, but fortunately her father, aunt, and other caring people were there for her. She cut ties and threw away what needed to go, including the card he'd written her the last time they met: "I wish my princess everlasting health and happiness."
Once she had pulled herself together, Ming Xueting ran into Xie Muling, the older boy who had played with and looked after her when they were children.
Because of their childhood friendship, she shared her everyday milk tea runs, little details of her life, and the story of how her scumbag boyfriend had betrayed her. She worried she might annoy him, but he was patient time and again, attentive and understanding, gradually making her feel dependent on him.
Xie Muling had been raised from childhood to inherit the family business. Cold by nature and meticulous in his thinking, he knew how to handle people. People in their world had their own rules: they stayed out of others' affairs and had no interest in getting involved.
He never posted on social media or shared anything on his feed, and kept notifications muted, yet he pinned her WeChat chat to the top.
She became his special contact.
Taught from childhood to remember his place in the family, Xie Muling would take days to send others a couple of distracted replies, and even that made him seem like an unattainable catch. But with Ming Xueting, he would ask whether she ate on time, whether the food suited her taste, and whether she'd had enough...
Sometimes dependent on him, sometimes independent and strong. How could a girl like that exist? She was so much like the little girl from his childhood memories who used to take his hand and play with him...
His heart, like a handful of snow, slowly melted.
No one on the outside could glimpse Xie Muling's private thoughts. Yet when he heard from his younger brother that Ming Xueting's ex had bought her milk every day for two years, the innocent word "milk" became one of the forbidden words in his vocabulary.
On the second night Ming Xueting ignored Xie Muling, his younger brother found him coldly and obsessively liking every single post on Miss Ming's WeChat feed from the past six months, as if he were possessed.
In the eyes of others, Xie Muling was aloof and distinguished. Hidden deep in his heart was a precious memory of someone who had grown into an outstanding, intelligent woman, knowledgeable and worldly, poised and graceful.
Some kinds of love are hard to confess: you're afraid your heart will fall completely once you speak, yet also afraid that if you wait too long, you'll lose the other person forever.
Desire is hard to suppress. Restraint and patience can be intoxicating.
*The characters' names come from the allusion "Viewing Snow at the Lakeside Pavilion." By Zhang Dai, Ming Dynasty.
1. The first few chapters include a breakup with an ex. The rest is sweet everyday romance. Both are inexperienced, happy ending.
2. A screenshot of the blurb was uploaded in October 2025.
3. This is an original work. Plagiarism will be pursued.
Theme: Staying together for a lifetime.
