8 parts Complete Three years into a marriage arranged out of duty, Lingling continues to love Orm quietly, folding her affection into gentle acts of care. Orm, still chained to the memory of a past love, remains emotionally distant, treating Ling's devotion as background noise.
Ling hides her longing behind silence, believing that patience might one day melt the ice between them. But when Orm returns home late one night, reeking of perfume that isn't hers, the truth Ling has refused to face begins to crumble her from the inside.