Who Says a Clingy Puppy Can't Be a Brooding Male Ghost?

A practice piece by an obscure author, No. 7 In her previous life, Jing Xuan was abandoned by everyone. She was seriously ill and desperately needed money. Her father ignored her, while her stepmother kept the family fortune for herself, refusing to give her a cent. Her birth mother secretly sold the only property she had left. Her scumbag boyfriend pretended to stay by her side, using her suffering to cultivate an online image as a devoted lover before fleeing with her money. When Jing Xuan had nothing left to live for, Song Jisheng appeared just in time and pulled her back from the brink. She had lost all faith in human nature and assumed he had ulterior motives too. She unleashed all her venomous words and cruel treatment on the unfortunate boy. From beginning to end, Song Jisheng never hit back or talked back. He was as taciturn and withdrawn as he had been in childhood. But because of her, he died in the prime of his life. When she learned the truth, Jing Xuan was consumed by regret. Before she died, she swore that in her next life she would repay Song Jisheng's kindness, even if she had to work like an ox or a horse. Perhaps Heaven heard her. When she returned to the past, their roles were reversed. She became the shadow that followed him around as a child. Whenever anyone bullied him, she was the first to rush to his defense. But once Song Jisheng remembered who Jing Xuan was, she brought him pain he could never forget. Their relationship seemed destined to be one of love and hate, yet mutual dependence, like a koala and its eucalyptus tree. When Jing Xuan realized she would bring Song Jisheng pain, she quietly left. But the cold, silent boy suddenly began searching for her like a madman. Like someone addicted to being abused, he suffered in body and mind whenever he thought of her. Song Jisheng was just as stubborn about seeing her. By Jing Xuan's side, he was a quiet, clingy puppy, helpless without her. Where Jing Xuan couldn't see, he was a brooding, obsessive ghost who tormented himself.