Lin Yuanzhou, a Columbia architecture grad, has thirty days left on his OPT before his visa expires. Dozens of job applications, zero offers. Landlords turn him away one after another—because who wants to rent to someone about to lose legal status? Then, in desperation, he finds a bizarre room-for-rent ad: “Single room above a bookstore. Rent: $750. Requirement: must know how to fix windows.” The poster is Shen Zhi. A scar runs down her face. She walks with a limp. She’s as cold and distant as Seattle’s endless rain. He fixes her leaky window, but stumbles into her frozen world. The antidepressants hidden in her cabinet. The terrified phone calls late at night. The shattered knee—a career-ending injury that was no accident. Thirty days. Enough time to find a job? Enough time to fall for a woman who’s already broken? Enough time for two desperate souls to keep each alive in the dark? But the cruelest twist isn’t his expiring visa. It’s that she’s spent every ounce of strength just surviving. And the one thing she can’t bear to lose… is him. A heart-wrenching, bittersweet love story. The rain never stops in Seattle. But neither does love.