I Treated My Childhood Friend with Albinism Like a Doll

[Highly sensitive, foxlike girl who seems innocent but is secretly dark-hearted VS gentle, insecure, scheming boy with a flair for acting]

[Childhood sweethearts + Long-planned pursuit + Carefully laid steps + Healing + Youthful angst]

When Lin Duiying first met Sui Feng, who had just moved into the house opposite hers, she was four years old and immediately decided he was her doll.

Sui Feng knew this, but he wasn’t content with it.

Sui Feng: “If you find a doll prettier than me, will you abandon me, Sis?”

Everyone knew Sui Feng was ill. His albinism was obvious from his appearance, not a secret he could hide.

But Sui Feng kept another secret: Lin Duiying was ill, too, with an unknown fear of emotional intimacy.

Lin Duiying flirted with him without realizing it, until Sui Feng couldn’t help confessing his love.

Sui Feng: “I love you. Can you understand my love?”

Lin Duiying promptly treated him to a performance featuring a fainting spell, amnesia, and, as a bonus, hives all over her body.

Sui Feng lost, and became the doll Lin Duiying wanted.

After regaining her memories, Lin Duiying said she understood Sui Feng’s love, then wondered, “But can he understand mine? I’m jealous of oxygen, which enters his nose, passes through his throat, and reaches his lungs. He can’t live without oxygen. I’m jealous of his red blood cells, born in his bone marrow and traveling through his blood vessels. He can’t live without them. I’m jealous of every kind of food, which enters his mouth, mixes with his saliva, slides down his esophagus, rubs against its walls, and reaches his stomach, where it gets broken down...”