■ Starts on November 27
In the winter of her twenty-third year, Jiang Luoyan met Shen Qingzhou again.
By then, she was the eldest daughter of the fallen Jiang family, while he was still the distinguished Third Young Master of the Shen family.
To save the Jiang family from ruin, Jiang Luoyan, who was allergic to alcohol, risked her life drinking with a rich young man.
But before the glass could reach her lips, Shen Qingzhou snatched it away and smashed it onto the table. Then he took Jiang Luoyan by the wrist and led her out of the club.
Shen Qingzhou stared at Jiang Luoyan, dressed in flimsy clothes, his eyes bloodshot. At last, he took off his coat and draped it over her.
His fury flared. "Jiang Luoyan, couldn't you see me sitting right there? If you weren't going to ask me for help, did you think I was dead?"
Jiang Luoyan smiled at him with tears in her eyes. "We already broke up. You said you wouldn't care about me anymore."
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They say Third Young Master Shen rarely leaves home, is cool-tempered and self-controlled, and keeps his distance from women.
Yet gossip reporters have photographed him entering and leaving Xishan Residence with Jiang Luoyan many times.
Some people guess Shen Qingzhou is just playing around. After all, a man from a family like his could have any well-matched woman he wanted. How could he possibly fall for a down-and-out daughter of the Jiang family?
They never expected that on certain late nights, Shen Qingzhou would grit his teeth and look down at the woman pinned beneath him. "Jiang Luoyan, I have money and power. I could get the Jiang family back on its feet in no time. Would it kill you to ask me?"
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Years later, the Jiang family bounced back, and the truth about everything finally came to light.
Exhausted, Jiang Luoyan let go of her grudges and chose to leave Beijing.
That winter, Jiang Luoyan saw Shen Qingzhou once more in a strange city.
After their reunion, the first thing Shen Qingzhou said was, "It snowed in Beijing last night."
At that moment, Jiang Luoyan suddenly remembered the joke they'd made during their first romance.
If it snowed heavily in Beijing late at night, they would go register their marriage the next day, after the snow stopped.
Beijing hadn't had a heavy snowfall in years, let alone at night.
And yet this year...
The next second, Jiang Luoyan heard Shen Qingzhou say, "Jiang Luoyan, let's get married."
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After all their twists and turns, breakups and reunions, rises and falls, they still ended up with the person they'd chosen at first sight.
He was the one on top in the eyes of the world; she was the one on top in their relationship.
He bowed his head for her alone, and bent his knee for her alone.
○ Both are each other's first and only.
○ The story spans quite a long time.
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Theme: Live well, and let your paths cross in time.
