Ten years ago, Lin Wan was twenty-four and Shen Shu was nineteen. To him, she was a youth like “Burgundy red” in his writing: passionate, gentle, and romantic. That summer, as the tides ebbed and flowed, they made a promise, but in the end, they lost to convention and time.
Ten years later, a reunion that was no accident brings their parallel paths together again. He is now a mature, steady designer, trying to give their unfinished story a new beginning with likes, teasing remarks, and one resolute handhold. But she is no longer the person she was back then. The darkness of bipolar disorder, the chains of medication, memories erased, and a journey through a living hell have shaped her into a woman who seems able to laugh and chat with ease, yet has weathered countless storms within.
He tries to draw close and make up for the regrets of their youth. But she knows all too well that she can no longer offer pure love. She only wants to bring the most innocent chapter of her youth to a close.
This is a conversation spanning ten years: on one side, unwavering devotion; on the other, a self covered in scars. When the old dream of “Burgundy red” meets the reality of “Moonlight over the Spring River,” can they find a crack in each other’s brokenness wide enough for the light to shine through?
