Where the Mountain Mist Comes From

My next novel is Marry Cecilia. Please add it to your collection! The print edition of Where the Mountain Mist Comes From is now available on all major platforms. - Everyone knows Chen Yewang, the aloof beauty of the finance department, is cold by nature. Though showered with admiration, he has always remained distant and composed. Like a handful of fresh snow atop a mountain peak, untouched by love or desire, he is beyond anyone's reach. So when Lin Zhuomian finally won him over, no one believed she could stay by his side for long. But she thought Chen Yewang simply wasn't good at expressing himself. On his birthday, she waited outside his home with a gift until midnight before finally seeing him return by elevator. And when they began a long-distance relationship and she left the city where Chen Yewang lived, he didn't even come to see her off. At last, Lin Zhuomian called Chen Yewang, thousands of kilometers away, and broke up with him. He replied coolly, “Fine,” without hesitation or any hint of regret. Lin Zhuomian thought that perhaps he'd only agreed to date her because she'd pursued him until he couldn't take it anymore. Maybe he hadn't liked her that much after all. - Years later, the two met again at a mountain trail race. Lin Zhuomian, now a mountain rescue worker, came face-to-face with Chen Yewang, founder of the outdoor brand that had become a business sensation. Thick fog blanketed the mountains. The man's features were sharp, his eyes dark as ink. When he glanced up at her, he seemed utterly casual, as though she were a stranger. Then, in the depths of winter that year, Lin Zhuomian was caught in an avalanche during a search-and-rescue mission. Alone and trapped on the snow-covered mountain, she heard the roar of a helicopter engine break through the freezing night. The snow lay dim beneath the dark sky. Chen Yewang held her tight, his eyes red, shielding her from the bitter cold. His scorching breath brushed her ear, his voice so hoarse it was frightening. “Mianmian, come home with me.” - Only much later did Lin Zhuomian learn in an interview that Chen Yewang had once overruled everyone to draw up plans to relocate his company's headquarters, all so he could watch the sun rise and set over the same city as her, sharing a life that was both peaceful and passionate. [Bonus scene] Chen Yewang thought Lin Zhuomian ought to feel at least a little guilty for dumping him. Then the P City Mountain Rescue Team launched a social media account to raise funds, and Lin Zhuomian happened to appear on camera. She went viral, with countless fans eagerly awaiting her livestream. Someone asked about her relationship status. Lin Zhuomian smiled brightly. “I dated someone once, but we broke up. Send gifts and give me a like, and I'll show you how to flirt, then run off and get revenge on a jerk.” A few seconds later, rockets flooded the screen. The top donor's name was Chen Yewang. Lin Zhuomian: ? Her phone rang. Chen Yewang's voice was amused, his ending lilt seductive. “How do you flirt?” [Mountain rescue worker heroine × founder of an eco-friendly outdoor brand] [Bright, gentle ray-of-sunshine heroine × aloof hero who acts tough but has a soft heart] - My next novel is Marry Cecilia. Please add it to your collection! Blurb Yu Youzhi, a once-popular CEO-romance writer whose career has stalled, has just been dumped by her boyfriend. She earns a few hundred yuan a month, and her mother is urging her to change careers and get married soon so she can live the “normal” life older generations approve of. Yu Youzhi makes up a ridiculous description of a male lead from one of her novels. “I want to find someone who earns a hundred billion a year, has a PhD, speaks five languages, is cold and quiet, and keeps buying me little islands in the Pacific.” She doesn't believe anyone like that exists. A week later, her mother calls. “I've arranged for you to meet someone this weekend. You'd better do as you said.” Yu Youzhi: ...? Could her CEO romances actually be realistic fiction? / Sitting in an expensive restaurant for a blind date, Yu Youzhi watches Liang Cishen take the seat across from her. The man's features are stern, his manner refined and aloof. His tailored suit is clearly worth a fortune, and his cuff links gleam with a sharp, cold light. She knows who he is: the head of the Liang financial conglomerate, a man who can turn the world upside down with a flick of his hand, and whom everyone rushes to please. They come from entirely different worlds. Their only connection is that she once tutored Liang Cishen's distant cousin during college. Yu Youzhi asks cautiously, “Mr. Liang, did you... sit at the wrong table?” Liang Cishen lifts his eyes to her. “Yu Youzhi, which island in the Pacific do you like?” Yu Youzhi freezes. Liang Cishen speaks with casual indifference. “Marry me in a contract marriage, and I'll give it to you.” Yu Youzhi: “Um, could you just give me the cash instead?” / Yu Youzhi's Post-Marriage CEO Observation Diary Day 5: We got married because we each needed something. Neither of us will fall for the other. But why does Liang Cishen come home so early every day...? Day 10: Huh? When did he add a clause to our marriage contract requiring us to chat three times a day? Day 20: Seriously, CEOs are supposed to wake up in a huge bed that's 200 square meters. Why does Liang Cishen insist on squeezing into the little bed in the spare room with me? Is he crazy or what? = = Day 30: (Class reunion: missing entry) Yu Youzhi is escorted downstairs by the campus heartthrob she once had a crush on. When she sees Liang Cishen sitting in the living room waiting for her, she finally realizes something is wrong. The man grabs her wrist and pins her into a corner. “Zhizhi, Auntie said you wanted to find a husband like the male leads you write. Was there one more thing you left out?” Yu Youzhi: ? Liang Cishen leans closer, his hot breath brushing her ear. “Possessive. Jealous.” / Yu Youzhi always thought her relationship with Liang Cishen began after they got married. Until one day, she found a photo of herself tutoring on his phone. And back then, she was still dating her ex. It turned out that even someone like Liang Cishen, standing at the very top of the pyramid, could have a secret crush he couldn't bring himself to confess. When she discovered his secret, the man wasn't embarrassed. After the lights went out that night, he treated her wickedly, then bent over and whispered in her ear, “Zhizhi, the first time I saw you, I knew we'd end up like this.” [Bonus scene] Yu Youzhi got her writing groove back, and her new novel became a huge hit. On a whim, she wrote a bunch of steamy bonus chapters for her readers. To her surprise, one day she found out that Liang Cishen was following her updates on his computer. Yu Youzhi: !!! That night, she confronted him, blushing with embarrassment and anger. He pulled her onto his lap, his voice husky and heated, his teasing words dripping with mischief. “Zhizhi, you know all these tricks. How come you've never told me?” Yu Youzhi: #Actually, I still prefer you acting like the aloof CEO I write about, distant and impossible to talk to# Wait, Liang Cishen, I came here to settle the score, stop kissing me, # A heroine who's an expert at talking big × a scheming, long-planning fox of a hero Older hero / eight-year age gap / marriage first, love later The heroine only ever held hands with her ex The heroine's pen name is Cecilia, after the heroine of Woody Allen's film The Purple Rose of Cairo Theme: Celebrating the spirit of mountain rescue workers.