Jiang Shiye always thought his marriage to Su Tang was nothing more than a piece of paper meant to keep their families off their backs.
He wanted peace and quiet; she wanted access to resources. They each got what they needed, and neither would fall in love.
But as time went by, he found himself thinking that maybe this arrangement wasn't so bad.
Until one day, her childhood sweetheart, Pei Zheng, appeared. She told him, "We're not right for each other. We should split up."
It wasn't that they weren't right for each other. The person in her heart had never been him.
He wanted to ask her to stay, but in the end, he said nothing.
Su Tang had always thought she knew how to keep things within bounds.
So when Qin Wan appeared, she stepped aside willingly, believing that her leaving would be a relief, a good thing for Jiang Shiye.
It wasn't until three years after their divorce that she happened to open an unread email.
[Su Tang, I'm in Norway. It's polar night here, and I can't sleep because I miss you so much.]
The polar night stretches on, just like his longing for her, without end.
