In this living hell, they make the strangest pair:
Lin Qingqian is nonchalant, seemingly indifferent to everything, as if he could give up on life at any moment.
Gu Shuying is calm and meticulous, always rationally calculating the best course of action, as if he has no lingering feelings for their past.
Everyone believes these bitter enemies will eventually turn on each other.
Until the final stage, when they face an unwinnable dead end.
Lin Qingqian, who seemed not to care about anything, finally tears up for the first time.
And Gu Shuying, who was always calculating every gain and loss, leaves him with one last sentence. Wearing his usual serene smile, he walks toward his destruction in Lin Qingqian’s place.
“You think I entered this game to survive?”
“Gu Shuying! Take a good look at the world for me! Do you hear me?”
Although the plot felt a bit rushed, this book is still okay as a short story to read in your spare time. Note that it has a happy ending, but it's the kind where both characters die. "It turns out that the 'new life' he was talking about never included himself." Two new graves stand side by side on the hillside. A body buried there. A place that buries a lovesick soul. Wishing you all the best, and may the young couples find happiness again in another time and space.
May you be happy in the other world 🥺
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