There’s a bar in Shanghai’s Wutong District called Late Arrival.
Seven people from out of town gather there on an autumn night, thinking it’ll be nothing more than an ordinary drinking session.
Zhou Ye and Shen Zhi still have unfinished business, but neither will give in. Zheng Kai and Xu Nuo are stuck one step short of making things official. Li Jun and Chen Lian trade barbs and jabs. Luo Qian quietly watches Shen Zhi. She loves her, but has never said so.
Later, someone flies abroad and never comes back. Someone falls ill in spring. Someone gives their life for the person they love.
Four leave. Three stay.
Those who remain spend the rest of their lives living out the words they never said and the step they never managed to take.
For everyone who has loved without being loved in return, and for the way fate takes back its promises.
