[Fresh and original + Passionate + Funny + Irreverent + Coming of age + Plot-driven]
I mutated at the darkest point in my life. I let all my pent-up emotions run wild. I’m going to kill everyone who ever bullied me, and eat them all!
The horror of school bullying goes far beyond physical harm. It does not merely hurt your skin and bones; it strikes straight at the depths of your soul. Bullies don’t stop at tormenting your body. They take even greater pleasure in trampling on your self-respect and mercilessly destroying everything you cherish, until you are completely broken.
Ji Liao used to be an excellent student, well-behaved and good at his studies, the kind of child parents always held up as an example. But after that day, his life plunged into endless darkness. If a moth flying into a flame is acting on instinct, then there wasn’t a single glimmer of light in Ji Liao’s life, not even the faintest candlelight. Like his name, he was desolate: empty and silent. Then a streak of gold appeared, breaking the stillness of his night sky after a year. From now on, I, Ji Liao, will no longer be an ant for anyone to slaughter. No one will ever trample me underfoot again.
