Nayan: Don't Wait Until the Flowers Fall to Pluck a Branch

Have you ever thought about running away from someone you care about?

For the voices that once waited by your side but went unanswered, and for the reunion tomorrow that will come far too late, awakening to the truth matters more than anything.

It is now the bitterly cold depths of winter in Yong'an City, with snow blanketing everything. The cold is so fierce that water freezes three feet deep and your breath turns to ice. Rindong does not feel all that cold. Her heart, though, is like a pool of boiling water, cooled by a wait that has dragged on too long until it feels like ice water.

Through all these long years of waiting, Rindong has looked over that wedding dress, as if it were a blooming red peony, more than once. She remembers the gentle expression on Su Mo's face the last time he spoke to her. Like an ink wash painting faded by time, it has begun to blur in Rindong's memory.