A heartwarming winter story
A marriage-first, love-later story between two "strangers" who seem familiar
Blurb:
The first time Jiang Wen met Chen Jingming, it wasn't under the most dignified circumstances. He'd reached out to help just as she was about to take an embarrassing fall.
Although Chen Jingming smiled with polished courtesy, like a perfect gentleman, Jiang Wen couldn't help feeling that he was a wolf in sheep's clothing.
The second time Jiang Wen ran into Chen Jingming was at the hospital, sitting in a chair in the middle of the night.
She'd caught a chill and fallen asleep while receiving an IV for a high fever. Her hair was loose, and she'd wrapped a long coat around her pajamas, looking utterly disheveled.
He'd brought his cousin to the hospital for medicine and happened to call a nurse over to help her.
Just another small favor, nothing worth mentioning.
While marveling at the strange twists of fate, Jiang Wen couldn't help feeling embarrassed that her two most disheveled moments had both been witnessed by her instant crush, leaving her with a completely ruined image.
The third time Jiang Wen met Chen Jingming was at a cafe.
Once the two of them were face-to-face, Jiang Wen finally understood the surprised yet knowing smile he'd given her when she'd called him "sir" the first time they met:
Her two awkward encounters with her crush had already come up countless times in her mother's stories, with him cast as "the child everyone else's parents wish they had."
So he was Chen Jingming, the Chen Jingming she'd hated with a passion back in school.
And now, he was no longer "the child everyone else's parents wish they had," but the person her mother said she "might like to get to know."
Her blind date.
At their fourth meeting, Jiang Wen decided to marry Chen Jingming.
"Love is like a bonfire in winter. In her twenty-fifth, cold winter, she met the love of her life. As it happened, he was the one who handed her a match."
Theme: Love is a bonfire in winter, and he is the one who hands her a match
