After Accidentally Marrying the Big Shot in a Period Novel Novel

Yan Xue's desperate circumstances force her to marry a stranger beyond the frontier. Qi Fang has lost his family's prominence but maintains a reputation for capability and striking appearance—assets she deems acceptable. The brutal winter journey—frozen limbs, blinding snow, relentless wind—pushes her to the edge until a tall silhouette emerges from the white void. His eyes are sharper than ice, colder than the season itself. Qi Fang has steeled himself for cruelty. His family's fall from grace made him a pariah; even his fiancée abandoned him at his weakest moment. But when the woman before him smiles and extends her hand, claiming she's come to marry him, his defenses shatter. Her eyes glow like crescents, warm and genuine. He never anticipated acceptance. When spring finally arrives, his original fiancée appears—she possesses a novel chronicling Qi Fang's ascent from forest seclusion to founding the legendary Changqing Heavy Industries, where he mercilessly crushes everyone who wronged him. Believing he remained unmarried in that timeline, she rushes to claim him. Instead, she witnesses something shocking: the notoriously cold Qi Fang, flushed with passion, cradling a young woman on his back with absolute devotion. Yan Xue confronts her own bewilderment—her great-aunt never disclosed that her blind date would completely redefine her standards of handsome.