“I don't love you anymore.”
Those words, spoken on a rainy night as they parted, were the last lie he ever told her, and the first confession he had written with seven years of love.
Lin Mu's world fell apart the moment Gu Xiao turned and walked away. Over seven years, from school uniforms to the workplace, they had dreamed of a future with cats, flowers, and each other. But he left without a trace, determined never to look back, leaving only a mysterious number, “2174,” and a stray cat she instinctively named Chief. When she tries to piece together the truth, she finds that every clue leads into an even deeper fog.
This is a search that begins with a parting, and a love disguised as ruin.
As fragments of the truth begin to wound everyone who comes near, they finally understand:
The deepest protection is making you hate me.
The longest confession is guarding the dawn for you in the darkness where you cannot see me.
“2174 is not the end,” the note reads. “It's someone telling you they love you in silence.”
