[Beautiful, strong, tragic male leads | Angst | Over-the-top drama | One pursues, the other runs]
“He said you can’t sleep alone, so he wants us to bury him in the ground with you, so you can sleep together.”
Last time, you made me wait six years. But how many six-year stretches can a person have?
A Ping, when are you coming back?
A line of migratory birds swept across the horizon. The morning light laid a pale yellow sheen on their wings. Downstairs, the streets were gradually filling with voices: vendors hawking their goods, people haggling, adults shouting at children, impatient horns blaring…
The commotion startled the birds, sending them off course. They cried out as they circled away into the distance.
Chen Min smiled and muttered something. Ningning hadn’t heard him, so she leaned closer and asked what he’d said.
He pointed to the departing birds and repeated himself.
See? When there’s somewhere you long for, no matter how far you wander, all roads will bring you back
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