Chapter 26: Love at First Sight

The wind, intermingled with specks of rain, fell on the bluestone slabs, swiftly blossoming into myriad flowers upon impact.

No sooner had they ducked under the eaves than the rain, like a bucket tipped over, pattered loudly, obscuring all vision beyond a meter's distance. Between heaven and earth, a curtain of rain was drawn, and the wind whipped it into shapes like smoke, like fog, like dust—as if teasing apart the gauze of a curtain.

"Such a heavy rain!" Sang Chen looked up at the pouring rain outside, his face brimming with excitement, "In Suzhou, we rarely see such refreshing rain!"

Ran Yan silently watched her silk shoes soaking in the rainwater, her mind chaotically pondering many things, acting as if the person beside her did not exist.

After about the time it takes to drink three or four cups of tea, the rain showed no sign of slowing.