Rugged childhood-friend landlord (unconventional tycoon) and socially anxious childhood-friend tenant (lampworking glass artist)
When they were four, the little girl from across the hall gazed longingly at the bottled milk in his hand with clear, bright, almond-shaped eyes. As if possessed, Lu Zheng unscrewed the cap and handed the milk to Su Mi.
When they were fourteen, the girl tried to keep him out of her room, shying away from him. At last, she clasped her hands behind her back, pursed her lips, and said the glass bottle had broken.
When they were eighteen, Lu Zheng clutched a glass bottle and stood in the snow all night.
When they were twenty-four, Su Mi stood on shards of glass in her miserable state, smiling as she paid rent to her newly met "landlord."
Lu Zheng took the money. The vast net he'd been laying in his heart had finally found its prey, and he was ready to pounce.
*
Su Mi looked at the "landlord" before her and forced onto her face the very smile she'd always hated seeing. Her heart burned, and just as the idea of running away began to form, someone blocked her escape.
"Su Mi, a contract isn't a glass bottle you can smash and be done with. It has legal force." Later, holding their marriage certificate, he said, "This red booklet is legally binding too. You can run off, but it'll follow you to the ends of the earth."
*What do you do when your landlord is your first love? Asking online, urgent.
*What do you do when your blind date is your first love? Asking online, urgent.
*What do you do when your husband is your childhood-friend first love...
Lu Zheng: Nothing to do. Either way, you're marrying me.
Su Mi: ...
Theme: Beautiful clouds scatter easily, and glass shatters. Be true to yourself, the one thing that lasts forever.
