A Love Letter to Spring

Cool, calculating minister with a knack for luring people in VS a heroine who isn't obsessed with romance

The content warnings for this story are at the very bottom. My next book will be "His Fingertips Are Warm." If you like it, feel free to add it to your collection. I also recommend "Wildfire Scorches the Heart" by Bu Qian Er and "Life Restart Simulator" by Nan Cheng Jiu Meng. If you're interested, feel free to add them to your collection too (*^o^*).

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Modern romance: "His Fingertips Are Warm"

Surgeon vs heir to a traditional Chinese medicine family

On the first day of Meng Yuan's new job after returning to the country, she saw Shen Guanting,

the man she remembered more clearly the harder she tried to forget him.

She had planned to pretend she didn't know him, but after the shift handover, Shen Guanting walked past everyone and stopped in front of her.

His eyes softened, and his lips unconsciously curved up. "Long time no see, Yuanyuan."

News that a beautiful new doctor had joined the surgery department soon spread.

At first, everyone was eager to get to know her, but before long they all started keeping their distance.

A few months later,

with heavy snow swirling outside the window, she gazed out in delight.

A pair of warm hands suddenly wrapped around her from behind. The faint scent of medicinal herbs drifted to her nose, and warm breath brushed the back of her neck.

"Yuanyuan, let's get married!"

At twenty, Shen Guanting lost the person he loved most on the day of the first snowfall.

At twenty-six, on the day of the first snowfall, Shen Guanting found his beloved again!

Sweet and clean romance, one-on-one

Story blurb

In the twenty-eighth year of Jianhe, disaster struck the Ruan family. Ruan Mianshuang had no choice but to leave Jiangnan and seek refuge with her maternal uncle, a marquis in the capital.

Her aunt by marriage disliked her, thinking she was too delicate and alluring despite being known as the most beautiful woman in Jiangnan.

Living under someone else's roof, Ruan Mianshuang was extremely careful.

After staying at the estate for some time, she met her nominal cousin, Shen Yanqing, the youngest cabinet minister in Great Chu. Under her aunt's wary gaze, Ruan Mianshuang merely greeted Shen Yanqing from a distance whenever they met, never daring to overstep.

Shen Yanqing had made a name for himself at a young age. He held a lofty position and was stern, composed, and as refined as an orchid or jade. He was the man of many a capital maiden's dreams.

Countless noble young women had gazed at him with longing and waited in vain, only to hear that he was engaged to his own cousin.

From the first moment he saw Ruan Mianshuang, Shen Yanqing couldn't help looking at her a few times. Her frail appearance reminded him of the cat he had raised as a child. Her eyes were like colored glass, and even when she was angry, her voice was soft.

He had only meant to look after her a little, but somehow his heart got involved too. Since that was the case, he supposed he could raise another cat.

Half a year after their wedding, Ruan Mianshuang accidentally discovered the truth about how their marriage had come about.

Shen Yanqing wanted to explain, but an imperial decree arrived unexpectedly.

As he left, Shen Yanqing told Ruan Mianshuang to wait for him at home.

But he never expected his usually obedient and docile wife to leave quietly, with only a divorce letter behind.

The man laughed in anger.

Not long after, he found the little liar who had promised to wait for him at home in a Jiangnan waterside town. Unfortunately, she was tussling at the door with a childhood friend from her hometown.

"Yuanyuan, your husband is still alive! Are you already looking to marry someone else?"

Reader's note:

Slow burn, one-on-one, sweet and clean romance

The characters aren't perfect. Feel free to discuss them, but please don't be abusive.

Blurb dated: 2024.8.5

Theme: Love yourself before loving someone else.