Rental Room | Cohabitation
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The self-built houses in the urban village have aging wiring.
On rainy nights, the power often trips.
The light bulb flickers, then goes out.
In the pitch darkness, their breathless, sweaty panting fills the air with an intimate tension.
Cheng Ye sits at the foot of the bed with his back to her, hurriedly pulling on a T-shirt. With a cigarette between his teeth, he asks, "When are you leaving?"
"Tomorrow."
"Not coming back?"
Chi Zhou hugs her knees and says nothing.
"Want me to take you?"
"Cheng Ye," Chi Zhou interrupts him, murmuring, "we agreed."
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That day, rain falls beneath the eaves as dark water streams past.
Before their tentative kiss, Cheng Ye reminds her:
In the end, they're bound to part. Neither can take responsibility for the other.
After all, life is nothing but a journey down a river.
They dock and meet, sharing a brief, fleeting stretch of time.
Then we merge into the current, no more than a grain among countless lives.
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Notes:
1. Double J, double C.
2. The heroine is an adult and has graduated.
3. Happy ending.
Screenshot taken on 2024/5/7
Theme: The tides rise and fall, as fate decides
