Silk & Shotguns
Ep 1 — Part 1: The Night It All Fell Apart & Part 2: Burial in the Rain
🌧️ BEIJING | TUESDAY NIGHT | ZHAO TIAN'S APARTMENT 🌧️🥀
🪝 The rain had not started yet. But inside the apartment, the air was already cold. Cheng Liyan stood in the middle of the living room, watching the man he had loved for three years refuse to look at him. 🪝
🌸 CHENG LIYAN— 🥀(MC)
[quietly]
Tian...
you've been distant for weeks 💔
Talk to me 😔
💀 ZHAO TIAN — Liyan's s Ex Boyfriend
[coldly, not turning around]
There's someone else 💔
Has been for a while 😠
🪝 THUNDER ⚡ STRIKES SO HARD 🪝
🪝 Silence swallowed the room whole. Liyan's fingers went still at his sides. 🪝
🌸 CHENG LIYAN— 🥀(MC)
[barely a whisper]
...what? 😔
💀 ZHAO TIAN — Liyan's s Ex Boyfriend
[finally turning — eyes flat]
You heard me 😠
💀 ZHAO TIAN — Liyan's s Ex Boyfriend
[pause]
Don't make this ugly 💔
🪝 Three years. Three years of mornings and meals and quiet laughter. Three years of choosing this man — and it meant nothing. 🪝
🌸 CHENG LIYAN— 🥀(MC)
[voice breaking]
Three years, Tian 😔
Three years — 💔
💀 ZHAO TIAN — Liyan's s Ex Boyfriend
[cutting him off]
I said don't 😠
💀 ZHAO TIAN — Liyan's s Ex Boyfriend
[gesturing to the door]
Your things are already packed 💔
🪝 A single bag. Sitting by the door like he had never really lived there at all. 🪝
🌸 CHENG LIYAN— 🥀(MC)
[tears spilling quietly]
So that's it 💔
🌸 CHENG LIYAN— 🥀(MC)
[pause]
You're not even sorry 😔
💀 ZHAO TIAN — Liyan's s Ex Boyfriend
[turning away again]
...
Go, Liyan 😠
💀 ZHAO TIAN — Liyan's s Ex Boyfriend
🪝 He went. 🪝
🪝 He didn't know where. He just walked out into the night — bag on his shoulder, heart in pieces — as the first drop of rain hit the pavement 🌧️💔. 🪝
🌧️ BEIJING STREETS | SAME NIGHT 🌧️
🪝 The rain came down hard and fast, the way only Beijing rain could — sudden, merciless, soaking everything without warning. Liyan walked with no direction. No umbrella. No destination 🌧️😔. 🪝
🌸 CHENG LIYAN— 🥀(MC)
[ Sat down and lean on a street light]
[Crying in the rain]
🌸 CHENG LIYAN— 🥀(MC)
Not support
🌸 CHENG LIYAN— 🥀(MC)
[to himself, barely audible]
Where do I even go 💔
🌸 CHENG LIYAN— 🥀(MC)
[voice cracking]
I gave him everything 😭
He stopped under a broken streetlight. Shaking. Crying silently. The city moved around him like he wasn't even there. 🪝
💭 Three years. Thrown away in three minutes. 💭
🪝 He wiped his face with the back of his hand — and kept walking. 🌧️😔 🪝
🖤⚰️ PART 2 — "Burial in the Rain"
🪝 On the other side of the city — in the same rain — Zhang Roan stood at the edge of a freshly covered grave. Still. Silent. Umbrella held low. 🪝
🪝 Around him, men in black stood at a respectful distance. Members of other syndicates had come to pay their respects. No words spoken. Just presence in the storm ⚰️🌧️🖤. 🪝
🖤 ZHANG ROAN— (ML)
[low, to the grave]
I kept my word, Ba 🕯️
🖤 ZHANG ROAN— (ML)
[long pause]
Every single one of them 🙂↕️💮
🪝 Beside him — Zhang Yume stood quietly, black dress soaked at the hem, eyes red but dry. She had already cried everything she had. Now she was simply there. 🪝
🌺 ZHANG YUME — Roan's Younger Sister
[softly]
He knew 🕯️
He always knew you would 🖤
🪝 Roan said nothing. He placed his hand briefly on the stone — cold, steady — then straightened. 🪝
🖤 ZHANG ROAN— (ML)
[to Tao, quietly]
Get Yume home 🛡️
🛡️ TAO — Roan's Driver & Right Hand
[nodding]
Yes, sir 🛡️
🌺 ZHANG YUME — Roan's Younger Sister
Touching Roan's arm briefly]
Don't disappear tonight, ge 🌺
🌺 ZHANG YUME — Roan's Younger Sister
[pause]
Please 💔
🪝 Roan looked at her — something soft passing through his eyes for just a second — then it was gone. 🪝
🖤 ZHANG ROAN— (ML)
[quietly]
Go 😎
🌺 ZHANG YUME — Roan's Younger Sister
[Firmly]
Hum
🌺 ZHANG YUME — Roan's Younger Sister
[Charismatically]
Walks away 🔥
🪝 Yume's car pulled away into the rain. The cemetery emptied. Roan remained — alone above his father's grave for a long, quiet moment. 🪝
🪝 Then he straightened his jacket. Signalled Tao with a single nod. 🪝
🛡️ TAO — Roan's Driver & Right Hand
[low]
Where to, sir?
🖤 ZHANG ROAN— (ML)
[flat, already walking]
Somewhere loud
I need a drink 😎
🛡️ TAO — Roan's Driver & Right Hand
[Low]
Okay, boss
🪝 The black car disappeared into Beijing's pouring night 🌧️🖤. 🪝
🪝 On one side of the city — a man had just lost the love of his life. 🪝
🪝 On the other — a man had just buried his last family. 🪝
🪝 Neither knew yet that the rain was taking them to the same place. 🪝
🌺 ZHANG YUME — Roan's Younger Sister
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Introduction
Authy 🎩🖤🐈⬛
"Soft heart, unbreakable soul"
🎂 Age: 24
📏 Height: 5'8" (173cm)
⚖️ Weight: 61kg
👀 Eyes: Warm dark brown
💇 Hair: Soft black, slightly wavy
🩸 Blood Type: A
💼 Occupation: Freelance graphic designer
🌟 Personality: Gentle, emotional, loving, quietly strong
Authy 🎩🖤🐈⬛
"Cold to the world, but melting for one"
🎂 Age: 29
📏 Height: 6'1" (186cm)
⚖️ Weight: 82kg
👀 Eyes: Sharp, dark, intimidating
💇 Hair: Jet black, always neat
🩸 Blood Type: O
💼 Occupation: Boss of the Black Hound Alimony
🌟 Personality: Cold, commanding, deeply protective, secretly tender, Jealous, possessive, bloody
🛡️ TAO — Roan's Driver & personal Bodyguard
Authy 🎩🖤🐈⬛
Loyal until his last breath"
🎂 Age: 27
📏 Height: 5'11" (181cm)
⚖️ Weight: 76kg
👀 Eyes: Sharp brown
💇 Hair: Dark, short and clean
🩸 Blood Type: B
💼 Occupation: Personal driver & bodyguard
🌟 Personality: Devoted, silent, fierce, dependable
😄 YANG JUNXI— Roan's Best Friend
Authy 🎩🖤🐈⬛
The sunshine that pulls dark clouds away"
🎂 Age: 28
📏 Height: 5'10" (178cm)
⚖️ Weight: 72kg
👀 Eyes: Bright and friendly
💇 Hair: Dark brown, casual
🩸 Blood Type: AB
💼 Occupation: CEO & Entrepreneur
💕 Love Interest: Wang Lewis
🌟 Personality: Warm, witty, wise, natural matchmaker
💙 WANG LEWIS — Yang Junxi's Love Interest
Authy 🎩🖤🐈⬛
"Steady, sharp and surprisingly soft"
🎂 Age: 27
📏 Height: 6'0" (183cm)
⚖️ Weight: 78kg
👀 Eyes: Deep dark, calm and observant
💇 Hair: Dark brown, slightly tousled
🩸 Blood Type: O
💼 Occupation: Architect & business partner
🌟 Personality: Collected, thoughtful, quietly romantic, devoted 💞
😠 ZHAO TIAN — Liyan's s Ex Boyfriend
😄 YANG JUNXI— Roan's Best Friend
"Lost the treasure he never appreciated"
🎂 Age: 26
📏 Height: 5'9" (176cm)
⚖️ Weight: 68kg
👀 Eyes: Cold dark
💇 Hair: Black, styled
🩸 Blood Type: A
💼 Occupation: Corporate worker
🌟 Personality: Selfish, proud, deeply regretful later 😔
💅 ZHANG YU — Zhao Tian's New Lover
Authy 🎩🖤🐈⬛
"Shiny on the outside, empty on the inside"
🎂 Age: 25
📏 Height: 5'8" (173cm)
⚖️ Weight: 63kg
👀 Eyes: Sharp and cunning
💇 Hair: Dark, always styled perfectly
🩸 Blood Type: B
💼 Occupation: Social influencer
🌟 Personality: Dramatic, manipulative, vain 😤
🌺 ZHANG YUME — Roan's Younger Sister
Authy 🎩🖤🐈⬛
"Beautiful, bold and fiercely loyal"
🎂 Age: 24
📏 Height: 5'6" (168cm)
⚖️ Weight: 54kg
👀 Eyes: Bright and warm
💇 Hair: Long, silky black
🩸 Blood Type: O
💼 Occupation: Member of Black Hound Alimony
🌟 Personality: Fierce, warm hearted, deeply supportive 💪
🌼 MADAM YI — Yang Junxi & Yang Yun's Mother
Authy 🎩🖤🐈⬛
"Sweet soul, lifelong friendship"
🎂 Age: 50
📏 Height: 5'4" (163cm)
👀 Eyes: Kind and sharp
💇 Hair: Graceful dark bob
💼 Occupation: Retired homemaker
🌟 Personality: Gentle, caring, like an aunt to Roan & Yume. Yume visit her sometimes.💕
📢 YUE — Madam Yi's Helper
Authy 🎩🖤🐈⬛
"Knows everything, tells everything 😂"
🎂 Age: 27
📏 Height: 5'4" (162cm)
👀 Eyes: Always observant 👀
💇 Hair: Short neat black
💼 Occupation: House helper & unofficial reporter 😅
🌟 Personality: Loyal, gossipy, hilariously dramatic
🧒 YANG YUN — Yang Junxi's Younger Brother
Authy 🎩🖤🐈⬛
"Quiet but deeply caring"
🎂 Age: 22
📏 Height: 5'9" (175cm)
⚖️ Weight: 65kg
🩸 Blood Type: A
💼 Occupation: University student
🌟 Personality: Reserved, thoughtful, loving 💙
😈 YAO WEI — Gang Rival / Main Antagonist
Authy 🎩🖤🐈⬛
"Power hungry and dangerous"
🎂 Age: 32
📏 Height: 6'0" (183cm)
⚖️ Weight: 80kg
👀 Eyes: Cold, calculating
💇 Hair: Dark, slicked back
💼 Occupation: Boss of rival gang Red Fang Syndicate
🌟 Personality: Ruthless, cunning, obsessed with destroying Feng 😤🔥
🐍 JUN — Yao Wei's Right Hand
Authy 🎩🖤🐈⬛
"A snake hiding in plain sight"
🎂 Age: 30
📏 Height: 5'11" (181cm)
💼 Occupation: Red Fang Syndicate lieutenant
🌟 Personality: Sly, manipulative, cold blooded 🐍
💔 XU MING — Roan's Ex / Heartbreak Origin
Authy 🎩🖤🐈⬛
"The wound that never fully healed — until... "
🎂 Age: 28
📏 Height: 5'9" (176cm)
💼 Occupation: Fashion designer
🌟 Personality: Beautiful, self centered, reappears at the worst time 😒
Authy 🎩🖤🐈⬛
THE END OF INTRODUCTION 💥💥🪝
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Part 3: "The Dangerous Bar"
🥀🌃 BEIJING | WEDNESDAY NIGHT | UNNAMED BAR — SOUTH DISTRICT 🌃🥀
🪝 There was no proper name above the door. Just a rusted iron handle, a red bulb throwing sick light onto the wet pavement, and the kind of street that made decent people walk faster. Cheng Liyan stood in front of it for three seconds — then pushed the door open 😔🚪
🪝
Inside, the bar stretched wider than it looked from outside. Low amber lighting. Smoke sitting heavy in the air. A long counter running the full left side of the room — bottles lined up behind a broad-shouldered male bartender who moved without speaking, filling glasses with the mechanical calm of someone who had seen everything and cared about none of it
🪝
Past the counter — a cluster of small tables. Men hunched together in low conversation. A corner booth draped in shadow where four men sat saying very little, drinks untouched, eyes moving 👀⚠️. 🪝
🪝 DJ plays the tune, a while lots of shouting, dancing and enjoyment 🪝
🪝 At the far back — a narrow dancing area. A few bodies moving slow under a red light. Music thumping low from a cracked speaker. A door beside it marked Staff Only that opened and closed every few minutes 🌃🎵. 🪝
🪝 Liyan saw none of it properly. He just found the first empty stool at the counter and sat down 😔. 🪝
🌸 CHENG LIYAN— 🥀(MC)
[to the bartender, quietly]
Something strong 🍷
I don't care what 😔
The bartender looked at him once. Poured. Said nothing 🍷. 🪝
🌸 CHENG LIYAN— 🥀(MC)
[throwing it back, pushing the glass forward again]
Another 😔
BARTENDER 🥃🍸
Refilling without expression]
Rough night 😶🌫️
🪝 He drank again. Slower this time. Staring at the counter like it owed him something 😵🍷. 🪝
🌸 CHENG LIYAN— 🥀(MC)
[laughing quietly — the hollow kind]
Rough three years 💔
🌸 CHENG LIYAN— 🥀(MC)
[to himself]
Packed my bag before he even told me 💔
🌸 CHENG LIYAN— 🥀(MC)
[pause]
Three years 😔
Three years and he packed my bag 💔
🪝 In the corner booth — the four men had stopped pretending to talk amongst themselves 👀⚠️. 🪝
😏 MAN 1 ⚠️
[low, leaning in to the others]
Walked in alone 😏
😏 MAN 1 ⚠️
Doesn't know a single face in here ⚠️
😏 MAN 2 💀
[watching Liyan pour his third drink]
Crying into his glass 😏
Give him time 😈
😏 MAN 3 😈
[cracking his knuckles slowly]
Nobody's coming for him 😈
Look at him ⚠️
😏 MAN 4 ☠️
Smiling — the wrong kind of smile]
Pretty thing walked right into our bar 😏
Almost feels too easy 😈
🪝 They spread out. Unhurried. The way men move when they know nobody in the room will stop them 😨⚠️. 🪝
🪝 Liyan was on his fourth glass when the stool beside him scraped 😵. 🪝
😏 MAN 3 😈
[dropping onto the stool, leaning close]
You look lost, pretty 😏
🌸 CHENG LIYAN— 🥀(MC)
[blinking, the alcohol hitting]
I'm fine 😵
🌸 CHENG LIYAN— 🥀(MC)
Leave me alone 💔
😏 MAN 2 💀
[appearing on his other side]
Nobody comes here alone and is fine 😏
🌸 CHENG LIYAN— 🥀(MC)
[starting to stand]
I said leave me — 💔
😏 MAN 1 ⚠️
[hand slamming down on his shoulder, hard]
Sit. Down 😈
🌸 CHENG LIYAN— 🥀(MC)
[panic cutting through the haze]
Get OFF me — 💔😨
🌸 CHENG LIYAN— 🥀(MC)
Let go — 😨
🪝 He twisted. Tried to pull free. The grip only tightened 😨⚠️. 🪝
🪝 He looked at the bartender 😨. 🪝
The bartender wiped a glass and looked at the wall 😶🌫️. 🪝
He looked at the other tables 😨. 🪝
🪝 Nobody moved 😶🌫️. 🪝
🌸 CHENG LIYAN— 🥀(MC)
[voice breaking, pulling hard]
Someone — please — 😨💔
😏 MAN 4 ☠️
[grabbing his other arm]
Stop making noise 😈
Nobody here is going to — 😏
🪝 Not loudly. Not dramatically. It just — opened 🖤. 🪝
🪝 And the entire bar stopped 😶🌫️. 🪝
🪝 The music kept playing. But every body in that room went absolutely still — the way animals go still when something at the top of the food chain walks into their space ⚠️🖤. 🪝
🖤 ZHANG ROAN— (ML)
[WALKING SLOW MOTION] 🖤😎.
🪝 Black coat. Rain on his shoulders. Hair untouched by the wind. He stood in the doorway for exactly two seconds — scanning the room with the slow, total precision of a man who never walked into anything unprepared 🖤💭. 🪝
🪝 His eyes found Liyan 🖤. 🪝
🪝 Found the hands on him 💢. 🪝
🪝 And went completely, dangerously still 🖤💢. 🪝
🖤 ZHANG ROAN— (ML)
[stepping inside, voice low and even — somehow worse than shouting]
Take your hands off him 💢
😏 MAN 1 ⚠️
[nervous laugh, trying to hold ground]
And who exactly are you supposed to be — 😏
🪝 Roan looked at him 🖤. 🪝
🪝 The laugh died completely 😨. 🪝
🖤 ZHANG ROAN— (ML)
[removing his coat — handing it to Tao who appeared silently behind him]
Last time 🔫💢
😏 MAN 2 💀
[releasing Liyan — pulling a knife instead]
There are four of us 🔪
🪝 Man two's knife hand was redirected before it cleared his side — wrist twisted back at an angle that made the whole bar wince 👊💥🩸. 🪝
🖤 ZHANG ROAN— (ML)
👊💥 — ROAN MOVED —
🪝 Man one swung hard from the left 👊. Roan stepped into it — not away — and the punch caught nothing but air 💥. One strike back. Clean. Precise 👊💥. 🪝
😏 MAN 3 😈
[reaching inside his jacket desperately]
He's got a — 🔫
🪝 The gun barrel never cleared the fabric
💥🔫. Tao had the man pinned against the counter in two steps — arm locked, cheek against the bar top 👊🩸. 🪝
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