Springtime Is Hard to Escape

Song Shili accompanied her boyfriend to a party, where she met Zhou Lan for the first time.

The night was all glitter and indulgence. He sat in a corner the lights couldn't reach, his eyelids half lowered, his features refined and clear.

But her boyfriend told her that he was the craziest person in their circle, and to stay away from him.

Song Shili looked up and met the man's cool, distant eyes.

She smiled faintly and leaned close to her boyfriend.

"It's fine. He and I won't have anything to do with each other."

Later, Song Shili thought that her mistake was using the word "anything to do with each other."

It was too mild.

As if she had a say in it.

-

One engagement banquet turned everything upside down.

From heaven to hell, all in a single night.

Song Shili was distraught, with nowhere to go, utterly miserable.

The only person who found her was Zhou Lan, the very man she had been trying to avoid.

On a rainy, humid night, Zhou Lan sat in his car,

looking down at Song Shili crouched on the ground, his gaze as if inspecting a drenched cat.

"Get in."

Song Shili raised her face. "I won't be with you."

Zhou Lan chuckled.

"Song Shili." He said her name, his voice so low it sounded like a sigh. "I told you, anything I want..."

"Even if it rots in the mud, it has to be mine."

-

Song Shili's greatest regret was getting into Zhou Lan's car that night,

and getting tangled up with a mad dog from then on.

Those crazy three months were passionate and intoxicating, but they could only be kept in her heart.

After that, they went their separate ways.

When they met again, Song Shili put on the expression she had practiced hundreds of times.

"Mr. Zhou, long time no see."

Zhou Lan's gaze wandered over her slightly rounded belly, his eyes darkening.

"Song Shili, did you fool me?"

-

Zhou Lan had always been lucky, getting whatever he wanted,

but Song Shili was the one place where he fell into a trap.

Only later did he realize that he would never escape this brief springtime romance.

Gentle and resolute x refined scum

Theme: Treasure what you have.