She Is the Broken-Winged Cicada in the Abyss

[A helpless husband and an injured woman]

[Friendly reminder: This is a pure angst novel. A must-read for anyone trying to lose weight.]

[Youthful angst and pampering + pure angst + realism + modern romance + healing + pure love + escape from captivity + urban life + pure angst]

Shen Nian's life is one long drowning.

At home, there is her father's belt whipping through the air and his endless scolding. At school, there are desks covered in obscenities and homework torn to shreds.

Introverted and sensitive, she is like a snail curled inside its shell. But at seventeen, she works up the courage to confess to the boy who shines like a beacon, only to face ridicule from the entire school and hear him coldly say, “Stay away from me.”

The homeroom teacher pushes up her glasses and asks, “Shen Nian, why do they bully only you and not the others?”

At that moment, Shen Nian decides to disappear for good.

Until one ordinary boy named Jiang Ye holds a shabby umbrella over her in the pouring rain.

Jiang Ye has no superpowers, and he's no school heartthrob. He's just an ordinary person who has to work hard to make ends meet.

He takes Shen Nian's scarred hand and softly says, “Shen Nian, don't be afraid. Let's run away together.”

But the abyss is so deep. Can an ordinary person's hand really hold on to a soul as it falls?