The Boundaries of Singlehood

Everyone believes loneliness is a flaw and marriage is life's ultimate destination.

Huo Chengying and Fei Yuyan are two islands, each steadfastly devoted to a life alone.

At the top of the business world, Huo Chengying has built walls of reason and refuses all romantic entanglements. Fei Yuyan escapes the cage of a wealthy family arranged marriage and retreats to an old neighborhood to run a cafe, determined to remain single for life.

An autumn rain brings the two islands together.

They keep to themselves, quietly keeping each other company and respecting their boundaries without ever crossing them. But each encounter and each unspoken moment of understanding slowly loosens the defenses they have built around their hearts over the years.

They had agreed to remain single for life and avoid any ties.

Until ambiguity spreads, control slips away, and they surrender to one another for a night.

They still reject marriage as society defines it, but they are willing to make an exception for each other and open up the boundaries of their single lives.