In a daze, Jiang Nian was awakened by the white noise in the middle of the night.
He opened his eyes to the dim ceiling of the room.
He listened carefully for a while and realized that it seemed to be raining outside.
The weather in Zhen Nan is indeed peculiar, with a few days each month where there's a sudden torrential rain. Sometimes it's due to a passing typhoon, or sometimes for other reasons.
Unable to fall back asleep, he fumbled for his phone and opened the local download on NetEase Cloud Music.
"That Year in a Hurry."
No relationships, no breakups, he just wanted to indulge for a while.
The room was shrouded in darkness, with the music's prelude echoing like the tide. Halfway through the song, a faint weather forecast came in.
"The Central Meteorological Observatory predicts that a new strong cold front will hit starting tomorrow..."
Outside, the rain pitter-pattered, hitting the old house's rainproof canopy.