On my eighth birthday, my life went off the rails.
One disaster after another took away the people I loved most. From then on, I bore the curse of being a "harbinger of misfortune," afraid to get close to anyone or let anyone get close to me. I locked myself inside a cage of memories, caring day after day for my comatose older brother and living as if I were atoning for my sins.
That was until a man named Sheng Yike appeared. He was sunny, talkative, and carefree, and he stubbornly forced his way into my closed-off world. He said he was my brother's junior, that he wanted to help, and that it was just a coincidence he'd moved in across the street from me... But his eyes held a secret I couldn't understand.
Only later did I learn that our meeting wasn't a coincidence, but a long-overdue salvation. He'd seen me at my lowest, yet still stubbornly reached out to me. "Fan Xing, you deserve to be loved."