When Jingyue was in urgent need of a place to stay, she bumped into Yunpeng, who was being forced to get married by her family. With a contract, she became his wife in name only, in exchange for a temporary shelter; he used this marriage to silence the public.
They made an agreement not to interfere with each other and just be "roommates" under the roof. But in the cold winter, he would bring back her favorite hot soup; when working overtime late at night, she would leave a light in the hallway. When the cold terms of the contract were gradually infiltrated by the warmth of life, Jingyue looked at the budding willow branches outside the window in a daze - this rented spring seemed to have quietly grown roots that were unwilling to return.
Purpose: Taking the utilitarian starting point of "contract marriage" as an incision, explore how a relationship that seems to be framed by rules can grow into a real bond from the deliberately maintained distance in the infiltration of daily trivialities. The story of Jingyue and Yunpeng is an interpretation of the emotional possibilities of "form first, then content" - just like spring never loses its warmth in the name of "renting", the closeness of people's hearts often breaks through the preset boundaries. In mutual testing and mutual care, the "temporary" companionship settles into "long-term" dependence, and ultimately it is discovered that the so-called "rented" is the gentle destination that life should have.