Running in both directions + growing in love over time
7-year-old Mei Lin thought that life in a foreign country would be a new beginning. She met new people and had a new home. She thought it would last forever. But as time passed, she discovered that this was not the case. As the truth was revealed, a huge conspiracy was revealed in front of her. The ugly human nature and desires broke through her illusions about the world, but only Xavier kept working hard to bring beauty to her. She thought everything had been taken away from her, and she thought she was the only one suffering. But later she discovered that he had endured more pain than she had, and he had endured loneliness longer than she had. His meaning seems to be her, he forms her home, he protects her home. When the war was raging, they held on to each other tightly, trying to keep everything.
