Beijing Lonely Room

She wore beauty like a mask, each smile tinged with unspoken sorrow. Serene and elegant in public, wildly alive among friends—she was a contradiction wrapped in grace. Then came Zhong Beibei, arriving at the peak of her youth like a promise she desperately wanted to believe. She became his Xiao Xiao, waiting with the devotion of Shu Qi's iconic character, but he could never be her Fang Zhongxin. Three years and three days she waited, only to learn that some arms are never meant to be home.