Falling into Winter

When Yu Xiangnian was in her second year of high school, she was sent to live with Jiang Bie.

During her first year there, Jiang Bie dealt with every tough guy at school for her.

Little by little, Yu Xiangnian let go of her obsession and fell for him, step by step, as he filled her life with beautiful moments.

On her coming-of-age day, Yu Xiangnian worked up the courage to confess her feelings.

But Jiang Bie abandoned his usual attitude and laughed it off with a joke. "Yu Xiangnian, I'm only your brother."

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A few years shy of twenty-five, Yu Xiangnian decided to leave the past behind and take things further with a blind date. That very day, Jiang Bie carried her home.

The man's eyes were red. "Will you come home with me?"

Out of the corner of her eye, she caught sight of Jiang Bie's girlfriend in name only.

Yu Xiangnian smiled sweetly, but still reminded him, "What gives you the right to tell me to come back, Brother?"

Jiang Bie tore away every last disguise with his own hands. "You know I've never wanted to be just your brother."

On the nth day of pursuing Yu Xiangnian, Jiang Bie accidentally found his little sister's diary.

In short, she'd been stringing him along and keeping him on the hook.

Her plan seemed perfect, but Yu Xiangnian had miscalculated this time, because there was no way she could shake Jiang Bie.

In the quiet of the night, Jiang Bie pulled her into his arms. "Little sister, are you still going to keep me on the hook?"

"That winter when we first met, I fell for you earlier than you ever imagined."

* Medical device engineer / bar owner x emergency room doctor

* Mutual pining | Reunited after years apart | Healing

* Both leads are sexually inexperienced, and no intimacy while underage

* No blood relation, and they're not on the same household register

* Foster care

Pre-release title: Sleeping Through the Day, please add it to your reading list~

Yun Mian first met Sang Yun at a tattoo parlor.

Sang Yun asked her to give him a tattoo.

On the inside of his wrist, at the spot closest to his pulse.

Only later did Yun Mian learn that it was a name reserved for the person in his heart.

Sang Yun was being pressured to get married. He agreed, then immediately took Yun Mian to a bar.

The area around the bar was noisy. Yun Mian worked up the courage to ask, "Do you... like anyone right now?"

Sang Yun paused as he swirled his glass. His voice was faint. "No."

What he meant was:

No one else, and not her either.

Yun Mian carefully hid her unrequited love.

She stayed by his side as a friend for five or six years.

All through college and after graduation, things remained the same.

After getting together by accident, the two broke up, and nearly tore each other to shreds with their barbed words.

Years later, they met again at a gathering hosted by Sang Yun's first love, who was also a friend to them both.

A friend beside him teased, "Still hung up on your ex?"

Everyone's eyes fell on Sang Yun's "first love."

But Sang Yun looked straight at Yun Mian.

He answered carelessly, thinking of the kiss they'd just shared in the restroom.

"I'm pursuing her."

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On the night they got back together, Sang Yun held Yun Mian close as sweat rolled down them both.

She lowered her head without thinking, her gaze falling on a certain spot.

Sang Yun chuckled and guided her hand to touch it. His breath was hot. "That's your name."

A cool and alluring tattoo artist x a rich second-generation playboy who seems to have a wild love life

☆ Blurb written on January 11, 2025

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