A Winter a Few Degrees Below Zero

Aerospace Dynamicist × Classical Dance Prima Ballerina

1.

On the day her arts entrance exams ended, Song Jingge met Xu Yewang.

The young man stood straight in the first snowfall, lazily lifting his eyelids. His entire body radiated a fierce hostility that seemed to sear his striking, rakish features.

Xu Yewang, the golden boy of the High School Affiliated to Peking University, came from a prominent family. Arrogant and untamable, he was cold by nature.

Song Jingge had secretly loved him for nine years. She had seen the boy's flirtatious, wanton side, yet she still couldn't stop her heart from racing for him.

But later, Xu Yewang stood in the cold wind, paying no heed to the blood flowing from his wounds.

His eyes were like ruins left after a fire, and his voice trembled. "I'm the one who isn't worthy of you. You're the one thing I can only dream of."

2.

Song Jingge, principal dancer at the Beidu Opera and Dance Theater, was graceful and beautiful. She was hailed as the "Living Goddess of the Luo River" of the classical dance world.

She reunited with Xu Yewang years later in a snowbound region of Tibet. He had become an aerodynamicist at the Beidu Aerospace Research Institute.

The glaciers of Mount Namcha Barwa stretched on and on as sutras murmured.

In the dimming light, amid the haze of incense around the temple lamps, the man pinned her against the wall inside the tent, dark feelings surging in his eyes.

She tried to push away the arm locked around her waist, but he kept her trapped in his embrace.

Xu Yewang turned his head, baring the side of his neck, and gave a low, desire-laced laugh.

"Little Goddess of the Luo River, bite me."

Theme: Innovation in science and technology, and the preservation of intangible cultural heritage