Synopsis
At nineteen, while Gu Chang'an was away at university, her mother returned home with a teenager in tow. He was distant, isolated, and when his dark eyes landed on anyone, they burned with something like rage. The story went that her aunt's family had taken him in, but the household was fractured and he didn't fit, so her mother brought him here to keep things quiet. Xie Yun settled into the Gu household, and during those fragile years when everything felt too much, it was Gu Chang'an who cracked open the door she kept locked. She became the weight that…
