Brushing Away the Snow to Find Spring: Marriage Before Love

Sweet girl × doting older man, six-year age gap

#I Got a Marriage License with My Brother's Archrival 🍐

#Daddy and His Little Princess 🍓

Strangers to lovers after marriage / Marriage license from the start / Sweet romance / He dotes on her

Song Sinuan and Li Zi had only met three times before they got their marriage license.

The first time was at a gala, shortly after her debut. She stood in a corner while the man was surrounded by people, cool and noble, like a distant moon in the sky, beyond anyone's reach.

Her manager warned her that he was the chairman of the group. Countless female celebrities wanted to get close to him, but not one had caught his eye. The last person who tried something inappropriate had been thrown right out of his office. She should never go looking for trouble.

The second time, she was being given a hard time at a drinking party, and he casually said one sentence that got her out of it.

The third time was in a dim hotel room. Song Sinuan crouched in a corner, her beautiful cheeks streaked with tears. He crouched in front of her and asked if she would marry him.

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Before her debut, all Song Sinuan knew about Li Zi came from her brother's secretary: cold-hearted and ruthless, he was her brother's strongest rival in business.

Her family did everything they could to stop her from entering the entertainment industry, so she had no choice but to sign with an entertainment company under the Li Group.

The marriage was a deal that served both their interests. What she hadn't expected was that after they married, he would remember all her likes and dislikes and make room for her moods.

Li Zi had gone abroad, but when she shed just two tears during a video call, he flew back overnight despite his injuries.

But Sinuan never dared to hope for anything. She always remembered overhearing Li Zi talking with a friend not long after they got their marriage license.

"You're not actually serious, are you? Though she seems pretty obedient. I guess it's not a bad deal."

"I'm not." Li Zi lit a cigarette in the dark, his voice indifferent. "Marriage isn't part of my life. If it weren't for the old man, we never would've gotten married."

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So she never expected what happened later, when their relationship was exposed.

Her identity as his archrival's younger sister became public, the Li Group's stock price plummeted, and the shareholders demanded answers.

Sinuan understood that this marriage had probably reached its end.

Snow swirled outside the window. Sinuan sat barefoot in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, turned to look at the man who had just come home, travel-worn, and said softly, "Li Zi, we need to talk about getting a divorce."

Li Zi took off his coat, walked straight over, and picked her up. "No talking. Upstairs, go to sleep."

"?"

The man bent his head and bit her lip, sounding almost furious. "We haven't seen each other in so many days, and you don't miss me at all. You didn't even say hello before bringing up divorce."

-When the winter snow parts, I find you like spring

-In Li Zi's life, where not a single step can be taken wrong, Song Sinuan is the one exception

Title adapted from Xin Qiji's "Green Jade Table: Lantern Festival"

Inspired on 2024.08, written on 2026.03.25, revised on 2026.04.23

Theme: Creating a better life together