Snowfall by the Red Stove

Next up: My Heart Was Set on the Bright Moon (Reborn) and Branches and Leaves of Fusu. The blurbs are below. Follow the author's collection so you won't miss them.

This novel: A scheming heir X a heartless martial arts fanatic

To fulfill her master's dying wish, A Diao left the mountain where she had lived in seclusion for ten years and entered the treacherous world of martial arts. By chance, she saved the ailing young heir Xie Zhifei and, taking pity on him, agreed to serve as his bodyguard for a while.

After delivering her master's final letter to his sect, she took Xie Zhifei's advice and entered the martial arts tournament as a new disciple of the Tianyun Sect, winning first place. Just as she was basking in her success, she learned that she had been a pawn in Xie Zhifei's revenge.

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To keep A Diao by his side, he forcibly confined her in his residence and married her in a wedding ceremony. But on their wedding night, she tricked him and escaped.

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One-on-one + happy ending +

Advance notice 1: My Heart Was Set on the Bright Moon (Reborn)

Pei Zhi, daughter of the Minister of War, was burning incense at Lingge Temple when bandits suddenly attacked. She fell off a cliff and was rescued by a young man from the countryside. They were alone together for three days before help arrived.

The young man was as pure and elegant as the moon and a gentle breeze. Without a doubt, she fell in love with him and used every means to force him to marry into her family. But the day before their wedding, his birth parents found him. He turned out to be the heir of the Duke's mansion, lost thirteen years earlier.

Though they were not well matched, their marriage could no longer be changed.

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Advance notice 2: Branches and Leaves of Fusu

[A scatterbrained, pampered girl X A scheming man who plays the fool]

When a woman pursues a man, it's like a thin veil between them.

Su Miao: The ancients didn't lie to me.

During the summer break of her junior year, Su Miao called a rideshare home as usual. It was scorching hot. She had barely sat in the car and enjoyed two seconds of cool air when a driver called to ask where she had gone and told her to hurry outside.

She checked her phone, then looked at the driver, and finally realized she'd gotten into the wrong car. Her location showed the east gate, but she had gone to the west gate.

Later, when she started her internship, her brother pushed her into his good friend's company, where she became a secretary's assistant. The boss was always flying overseas. When he finally returned to the country, Su Miao, the secretary's assistant, arrived late. It was only when she entered the meeting room last that she realized the big boss was the same driver whose car she had gotten into by mistake.

It turned out the boss secretly drove rideshare after work to make money.

Later still, when Su Miao went to his office to hand in her resignation, the boss locked the door and demanded to know if she was leaving him.

Theme: Love can overcome any obstacle.