Between Light and Shadow

Jiang Yao has congenital heart disease, and on the surface, she seems hardworking and driven.

But inside, she is sensitive and fragile.

In the dead of night, she often confides in the gods: “Why did I have to be the one who got sick? What’s the point of living like this?”

Then one day, the gods truly answered her prayers. At the corner of a staircase, she met the person who would save her for the rest of her life.

Chen Xuanyu held a cigarette between his fingers. A faint blush tinged his brow, and a small cut marked his skin. He was bold yet carefree.

After that, the quiet life she had known was stirred by wave after wave of change.

Someone once asked her why they had broken up. She answered, “How could someone with no future dare to reach for such a passionate love?”

Five years later, when the two unexpectedly met again, her heart, long thought dead, began to beat once more.

Only then did Jiang Yao discover that she had lived her whole life inside a carefully constructed lie. She had never been the one who was sick.

But at least they had a lifetime to heal each other’s wounds.

“My world had no light until you came along. Then light poured in, and I finally had a shadow. Only then did I truly begin to live.”

“A lonely, obsessive boy × a sensitive, sweet girl”