Snowfall Tonight

[Age gap / adoption romance / bittersweet push and pull]

[Blurb]

Everyone in the entertainment industry envied Qiao Xia for being so lucky.

She shot to fame as soon as she debuted on a talent show, was beloved by the public, and landed one top-tier opportunity after another.

But only Qiao Xia knew that she owed it all to Bo Wanqing.

When she was five, Bo Wanqing adopted her.

Everyone said the young head of the Bo Group was cold and aloof by nature, but only Qiao Xia knew how gentle and indulgent Aunt Bo had been with her all these years.

Until Qiao Xia developed feelings she shouldn't have, and the woman noticed.

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After her unrequited love was exposed,

Bo Wanqing's voice was cool, her eyes distant:

"I didn't raise you all these years so you could develop feelings like this. Everything between us ends here."

Qiao Xia kept watch outside the villa all night, shivering so hard her teeth chattered, with a fever that wouldn't break.

And Bo Wanqing truly refused to see her.

The day their adoption relationship was dissolved,

Qiao Xia signed calmly. "Please tell President Bo that I'll repay every cent she's spent on me over the years. I won't bother her again."

She left alone without taking a single bag.

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The first month after Qiao Xia left,

Bo Wanqing blocked every related update and forbade anyone around her from mentioning the girl.

Six months after Qiao Xia left,

Bo Wanqing saw her acting intimately with her rumored girlfriend. She walked past without looking, her fingertips unconsciously clenched until they turned white.

One year after Qiao Xia left,

Bo Wanqing had developed chronic insomnia when she happened upon the number-one trending topic, plastered with the word "Breaking": "Qiao Xia hospitalized with serious injuries."

She panicked and rushed to the hospital.

But she was too late. Someone else was already looking after Qiao Xia around the clock.

The rumored girlfriend blocked her at the hospital room door, confronting her aggressively. "President Bo, you're not related to her. Coming to visit a patient in the middle of the night, aren't you afraid people will talk?"

Not related.

Bo Wanqing was speechless, not knowing how to answer.

It seemed... she regretted it.

A story about an old flame reigniting, but nearly too late.

[Reader's Guide]

2. Fifteen-year age gap, strictly one-on-one, happy ending.

3. A slow-burn romance. Sweet and doting at first, followed by the bittersweet tension of unrequited love in the middle. Their passionate romance includes plenty of 💛💛 as they return to old habits. The older woman is the pursuer, and they dote on each other.

4. I'm not an expert in the fields covered. Please point out any mistakes or oversights.

Note: The author's notes will feature various bonus scenes, including President Bo's adoption diary and snippets of her efforts to win Qiao Xia back. For the enjoyment of legitimate readers only 🥳

Coming soon:

Falling in Love After Marrying the Actress with Skin Hunger

An aloof actress with skin hunger and a sweet, pliant ingenue

[Blurb]

An aloof actress with skin hunger and a sweet, pliant ingenue

[Blurb]

Ning Qinglang had been in the industry for two years without any connections.

With nothing but an exceptionally beautiful face, she was barely a fifth-tier nobody.

At a business dinner, drinks kept arriving one after another. Her manager got her so drunk she staggered away in a panic.

When she woke again, there was a beautiful, naked woman beside her.

The woman had full lips, thick lashes, dark hair, and snow-white skin.

Ning Qinglang recognized her at a glance: Sheng Yixi, the youngest Grand Slam-winning actress, a famously unattainable beauty who supposedly had no interest in women.

"Miss Ning, would you consider marrying me?"

Sheng Yixi was impeccably dressed, looking nothing like the woman who had pinned Ning Qinglang down and kissed and bitten her the night before.

Her slightly husky voice was cool as she made an offer without a hint of shame:

"Whatever opportunities you want, I can get them for you."

After they married, Ning Qinglang fulfilled every duty of a wife.

She was attentive during the day and gave Sheng Yixi everything she asked for at night.

In just one year, Sheng Yixi made her one of the hottest rising stars in the industry.

Ning Qinglang thought their mutually beneficial arrangement would go on forever.

Until, on the eve of their anniversary, a new contract was placed on the table.

"Let's end this."

Sheng Yixi's voice was cool. "There's someone I like."

Ning Qinglang looked at the woman she had secretly loved for years, lowered her eyes meekly, and softly replied, "Okay."

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Sheng Yixi had a secret no one knew:

She had suffered from skin hunger for years and could only relieve it with medication.

Until one unexpected encounter, when she kindly rescued Ning Qinglang, only for the girl to cling to her and refuse to let go. "Please help me, Sister."

Not only did Sheng Yixi fail to scold her, she put an arm around her waist, afraid she might run away.

The girl in her arms was soft and slender, curvy in all the right places, and smelled incredibly sweet.

Most importantly, Sheng Yixi seemed to have... found the cure.

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As Sheng Yixi saw it, her contract wife was beautiful, obedient, and utterly devoted to her.

As time passed, Sheng Yixi inevitably fell for her.

Then she stumbled upon Ning Qinglang drunk, cradling an old Polaroid with yellowed edges as if it were a precious treasure.

The woman's blurred profile in the photo looked a little like her.

So she had a white moonlight, did she?

Sheng Yixi took off her wedding ring with a cold expression and told her lawyer to draft divorce papers.

She had never deigned to be anyone else's substitute.

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A longtime unrequited love comes true, and it turns out I'm the substitute

Theme: Love can cross divides, regardless of age.