Mr Lin, Are you smiling?

Janine Anderson spent eleven years learning Mandarin.

She never expected that decision to change her entire life.

After moving from San Francisco to Shenzhen with nothing but savings, determination, and a dream she'd held since she was thirteen, Janine finds herself unemployed, overwhelmed, and wondering if she made the biggest mistake of her life.

Then she accidentally falls asleep during an acupuncture appointment.

One recommendation, one interview, and one panic joke later, Janine lands a job at one of China's largest technology companies, working directly under Lin Yanzhou-the brilliant, intimidating heir everyone secretly calls the Ice Prince of Linyan.

He rarely smiles.

He never wastes words.

And according to everyone around him, he has absolutely no sense of humor.

So why did he laugh at her?

As Janine navigates corporate life in China, unexpected friendships, family expectations, and a man who may be far more complicated than he appears, she begins to realize that sometimes the dreams we spend years chasing lead us somewhere we never expected to find home.