Wen Xi Bai Shu 2

[Clear-eyed, optimistic melancholy puppy × free-spirited, unrestrained gem designer]

[Love at first sight + bold pursuit + groveling after the breakup]

She searched for herself in the world, while he held on to himself amid the crowd.

Chen Baihe was clear-headed and optimistic, unwilling to follow the tide. She understood society without becoming worldly, and played her way through life like a drifting leaf, searching for a reason to exist. Zhou Shubi was a flirtatious playboy, unrestrained and devoted to gems and beautiful women in equal measure. He put love and family out of his mind, with eyes only for jewels.

They were both carefree in their own way.

When these two unconventional souls met, the worlds they saw at twenty-two and twenty-eight were already poles apart.

Chen Baihe looked at mountains and valleys with a burning passion in her heart, and at snow filling the sky with tenderness within her. But the years had carved Zhou Shubi into a man who took everything in stride. He saw mountains as mountains and water as water, no longer stirred by the slightest ripple.

People lamented that he had been dazzling in his youth, only to lose his edge as he grew up. But when he looked at Chen Baihe, emotion surged through his eyes, his heart, and his hands.

Two selves coexisted within Chen Baihe.

One was full of life, the other weary and despairing. One danced at dawn, the other drank alone at dusk. One was deluded and intoxicated, the other clear-eyed and despondent. One moment, she stood atop a skyscraper, looking down at the world with a cool gaze devoid of sharpness. The next, she raised her glass to the wind, smiling carelessly as she spoke in a clear, ringing voice.

“Bottoms up, to heaven and earth, and to myself.”

She was extreme yet romantic, lonely yet lively. She grew up obediently, yet carried a subtle streak of rebellion, breaking the mold in a life of rules and routine. Everyone said her future was promising, but it was only when she looked at Zhou Shubi that she understood what it meant to truly pursue something.