Twenty-Three Years Old

Xie Qianqing: "My heart seems to have stopped beating. I once experienced the release of my soul." My heart stopped, and my soul was released. Believe... It seems to be holding on. It seems to be cursing me, cursing my cowardice and stupidity, cursing me for wasting time and energy. The little person inside my heart seems to be crying. I don't know why a single sentence, a single thing, can hurt it so much. All I can do is keep trying to comfort that little person, hold it, and coax it gently to sleep.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.