The late-autumn wind carried a bleak chill, sweeping dry plane-tree leaves through the city. Beneath the overcast sky lay an encounter and a bond destined to stir things up.
Meng Yunhe was the second son of the Meng family, the third-largest family in Nanyang City, but he had none of the poise expected of a young master from an eminent family. With unruly white hair, cold metal studs decorating his clothes, and absurd online novels always in his arms, he was eccentric and unpredictable, full of an abstract, unrestrained energy no one else understood. Out of place among his family, he had been cast out, becoming the most conspicuous figure on the streets in late autumn.
Cui Jianglan was the designated heir of the Cui family, the most powerful family in Nanyang City. His black hair was neatly cut, and he wore dark, somber colors. Detachment and composure showed in his eyes, and he carried an imposing aura that warned strangers to keep their distance. In everyone's eyes, he was a calm, inscrutable prodigy, as if he and Meng Yunhe belonged to entirely different worlds.
One quiet, one wild; one cold, one intense. Their utterly different temperaments collided on a bleak autumn street, sparking an indescribable tension. Stranger still, Meng Yunhe could see into Cui Jianglan's innermost thoughts, breaking down every barrier and distance between them.
Theme: Exploring the clash between order and freedom, and how two utterly different souls find resonance and redemption in the narrow space between prejudice and rules.
