[Full Novel Draft Complete...]
Ji Chaosheng and I have known each other for twelve years. I'm familiar with everything about him, and I understand him very well.
Since childhood, he's been the kind of kid other parents brag about. Whenever people mention him, they have nothing but praise.
At school, he was just the same: cool and aloof, a top student, gentle toward others. All those qualities came together to form the person before my eyes.
Love was hidden inside it all.
I wanted to confess after the college entrance exams, but he asked me first.
I accepted his invitation and went to the seaside,
where I met the nightmare of my life.
I watched him break down, hysterical, pouring his heart out.
Then, step by step, he walked into the sea.
Tears blurred my vision, and I couldn't make out his heavy silhouette. But with his back still turned to me, he raised a hand and waved.
"I'm sorry."
It turned out I didn't know him well at all, but I truly understood him.
#A student drowned after taking the college entrance exams
#The drowned student's father was abusive
#Stand against domestic violence
No wonder he never talked about his family.
Chaosheng, Chaosheng: born with the rising tide, gone when night falls.
Extended Content Warnings:
1. Expanded from the author's personal essay dated August 2, 2023 (searchable online).
2. Third-person narration. A tragic youth-and-school-life story, inspired by real events.
3. The male and female leads have serious character flaws. Apart from their looks, they're ordinary people.
4. The outline is set, so it probably won't change much later on. There may be plot holes.
5. Please don't insult the author or the leads. The author secretly likes reading comments, but bad reviews are too much for the heart. If it's not for you, just leave. orz
6. The writing draws on the author's experience of southwest China.
7. A melodramatic tale of pointless suffering, with a dark, pessimistic tone.
