Before the Dream Disintegrates, We

Name: Before the Dream Disintegrates, We
Author: Almus

by Almus

ongoing Young Adult Bittersweet Youth Female Lead

Length:

25Kwords9chapters

Latest:

Ch. 9 — (Wilder) An Unpublishable Photo

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About This Novel

It took me many years to discover that people can infect each other. For example, silence can be contagious, insomnia can be contagious, and even the thought "life is boring" can be passed from one person to another like a cold. My name is Qi Wangyu. People who know me say that I always look gentle and polite, with a decent smile. Maybe they don't know that I haven't fallen asleep before three in the morning for a long time. The pillows had the smell of cigarette smoke that couldn't be washed away, and there were countless cracks in the ceiling. Every night I lay there, thinking over and over again, maybe I won't have to open my eyes again tomorrow. I met Yan Mi. He would be so excited that he trembled with excitement at the shape of a cloud, and then suddenly fell silent one afternoon, drew the curtains tightly, and didn't speak for three days. He took me to the rooftop to enjoy the breeze, to take photos at the ruins, and to buy expired rice balls at the convenience store at four in the morning. He swept me into his storm, and I actually felt safer than when the waves were calm. We started having the same dream. In the dream, there was a city that was half submerged in water. The streets were quiet and the street lights were dim. At first it was just the two of us. Later, someone was holding a camera, someone was holding a guitar, someone was clutching a sweat-soaked prescription form - they all walked in. They are all like me, they laugh a lot during the day but can't sleep at night. We all crush our sorrows into tiny, tiny pieces, scatter them in the cracks of our lives, and pretend they don't exist. Until one day, these powders reunited in the dream and turned into a mirror. The mirror shows us as we are – broken, ugly, and true.