Soiled Snow

His mother works as a servant in the home of one of the Alliance's most powerful families, where she is treated well. Thanks to their kindness, Song Xuci transfers to the most prestigious private school, where he studies alongside Alpha heirs from influential families.

The lady of the house means well when she arranges for him to stay in her son's empty dorm room, but her kindness backfires.

The moment he walks out of that Alpha's dorm, Song Xuci becomes the target of everyone's hostility. Overnight, he finds himself walking on eggshells.

Already sickly and now constantly bullied, he can barely endure life at school. Song Xuci resents the Alpha he has never even met for turning his life upside down, and writes the most vicious curse a well-behaved boy can imagine after that person's name.

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On the day of the first snowfall, Song Xuci goes straight to the grand residence after class to finish the chores his mother couldn't get to that day.

Kneeling on the steps, he carefully waxes the oak staircase, his long hair spread across the floor. He is focused on his work when a tall shadow falls over him.

Yu Wenting rarely comes home. As he climbs the stairs, his foot accidentally steps on the strands of hair scattered across the wooden steps.

Song Xuci instinctively looks up. The sudden movement pulls out a few strands, and the sharp pain makes him raise his eyes in alarm.

Through the thin, watery veil of his tears, Song Xuci sees a tall, handsome Alpha. He carries himself with the effortless ease of someone born into a family of great wealth and power.

The young Alpha reacts as though a powerful man has accidentally stepped on a kitten, lowering his gaze to look at him.

His low, gentle voice holds a trace of apology. With a rare tenderness, the Alpha calls him by the name on his school uniform and tells him that the night is cold, so he should go home and rest early.

For someone who can barely afford to dream, the other person is impossibly far away. Some distances cannot be changed, and even wanting to draw closer is painful.

A couple who love each other deeply but misunderstand one another because they aren't on the same wavelength

An original fantasy setting / a relatively slow-burn story told in chronological order

Older man and younger man / power imbalance / strongly mutual love / exclusive to each other in body and heart

Premise: Good snowflakes fall nowhere else; all things find their way home