Dreaming of Winter
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Summary
[Premium fiction + modern romance + urban + campus + BE + mutual salvation + reunion after long separation + mutual pursuit]
At seventeen, Shen Dongling met the summer overture that belonged only to her.
The youth was full of spirit, like the arrival of a blazing summer. "What's your name?"
"Shen Dongling. Dong as in winter, Ling as in lingluo."
"Lingluo" sounds like "lingluo" (withering).
"The one with the rain radical?"
"The grass radical."
Hearing this, Song Zhiting offered a subtle, gentle comfort: "I see. Ling as in fuling."
Not the "ling" that withers in winter, but fuling—resilient and cold-resistant.
A tender place in Shen Dongling's heart was touched, and light came into her eyes.
"Thank you, Song Zhiting."
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Years later, a mix-up over a misread car emblem brought them together again.
This time, Song Zhiting was determined not to let Shen Dongling disappear again.
Because she was where his heart was headed, the one who had controlled his heart since his first awakening of love.
But this encounter ultimately dissolved into a bubble.
It turned out that Song Zhiting had only been waiting.
Waiting for a winter, to see a snowfall, to dream of a person.
He longed for a bitter-cold snowy day, for an eternal dream, to meet Shen Dongling again.
Editor's review
Who it's for
A good fit for
- Modern romance readers who accept a BE ending and prefer the aesthetics of regret
- Readers who enjoy a campus-to-urban reunion-after-separation structure
- Readers who favor mutual salvation and delicate psychological portrayal
- People who want a short premium novel to read in fragmented time
Not a good fit for
- Readers who only accept happy endings and reject tragic conclusions
- Readers who prefer strong conflict and fast pacing and lack patience
- Readers not interested in campus romance
Reading tips
- Accept the BE setup before reading and focus on the emotional process rather than the ending.
- Pay attention to the meaning of "ling" and the winter-snow imagery; they run through the characters' relationship.
- Read the campus and urban sections in comparison to observe the characters' growth.
- After finishing, revisit the reunion chapters to appreciate the mix-up design and sense of fate.
About the publisher
Jiangsu Kuwei Culture Development Co., Ltd. is a cultural enterprise focused on planning and publishing literature and social science books. Public information is limited, and the available details come mainly from its in-house catalogue. Its publishing areas cover prose and essays, foreign literature, social science classics, mystery and detective fiction, and history books, with attention to reissues and boxed sets of classic works. Representative titles include Wang Zengqi's essay collection Renjian Youwei, Wanwu Youqu, The Little Prince, a boxed set of Western philosophical classics, Mao Dun's classic works, a collection of Yasunari Kawabata's award-winning works, Cai Lan's essays, and the Eddie Flynn courtroom mystery series. Its authors include Chinese and foreign names such as Wang Zengqi, Mao Dun, Yasunari Kawabata, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Plato, and Marcus Aurelius, reflecting a publishing profile that brings together Chinese prose, foreign literature, and philosophical and social science classics.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 第一章
- 第二章
- 第三章
- 第四章
- 第五章
- 第六章
- 第七章
- 第八章
- 第九章
- 第十章
- 第十一章
- 第十二章
- 第十三章
- 第十四章
- 第十五章
- 第十六章
- 第十七章
- 第十八章
- 第十九章
- 第二十章
- 第二十一章
- 第二十二章
- 第二十三章
- 第二十四章
- 第二十五章
- 第二十六章
- 第二十七章
- 第二十八章
- 第二十九章
- 第三十章
- 第三十一章
- 第三十二章
- 第三十三章
- 第三十四章
- 第三十五章
- 第三十六章
- 第三十七章
- 第三十八章
- 第三十九章
- 第四十章
- 第四十一章
- 第四十二章
- 第四十三章
- 第四十四章
- 第四十五章
- 第四十六章
- 第四十七章
- 第四十八章
- 第四十九章
- 第五十章
- 第五十一章
- 第五十二章
- 第五十三章
- 第五十四章
- 第五十五章
- 第五十六章
- 第五十七章
- 第五十八章
- 第五十九章
- 第六十章
- 第六十一章
- 第六十二章
- 第六十三章
- 第六十四章
- 第六十五章
- 第六十六章
- 第六十七章
- 第六十八章
- 第六十九章
- 第七十章
- 第七十一章
- 第七十二章
- 第七十三章
- 第七十四章
- 第七十五章
- 第七十六章 番外
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About the author
Mu Yu Bu Yu is a Chinese web author of contemporary romance fiction. Public information about the author is limited: only two works are known so far, namely Only Coax You and Dreaming of Winter. Judging from these titles, the author's writing centers on the popular contemporary romance genre, and the titles carry a distinct emotional, light and sweet tone that suggests urban love stories built around emotional interaction. Because the author has not disclosed basic details such as an English name, nationality, or dates of birth and death, this introduction relies only on the works and category information confirmed in the database and makes no inferences about personal experience, years of writing, or awards. With just two works to date, Mu Yu Bu Yu is still a relatively new author building a body of work, yet the choice of subject matter and naming style already point to an inclination toward intimate relationships and gentle, healing narratives, making future work worth watching.
