Snow Falls South of the Capital

During the years when Wen Yanchu and Xie Wanyan were at their closest, he took her everywhere he went. Their constant togetherness became an open secret among Beijing’s upper-class circles. Back then, Xie Wanyan was obedient and sensible—if he said one, she would never say two. So when he told her he was going to marry someone else, he never expected her reaction to be so intense. She cut ties with everything he had given her in Beijing—her job, resources, and connections. Xie Wanyan left without looking back. It made him feel like a piece of trash casually discarded, something she no longer wanted. * That day, cigarette butts piled up one after another at Wen Yanchu’s feet, the crims...