The summer she turned nineteen, Zhang Qin learned three things:
How to wipe water stains off the tiles, hide the wounds on her wrists, and smile at her mother on video calls.
Her father played mahjong in the living room. Her mother stood on the assembly line, eyes red.
Only Xiaokun, the golden retriever, would climb onto her bed in the middle of the night.
She thought that was all the world could be: gray, quiet, and lonely.
Until she met the boy sitting outside the convenience store.
His name was Shen Mo, Mo meaning “silence.”
He had a blue betta fish, also named “Kun.”
He handed her a tuna rice ball and asked,
“Are you someone who doesn’t want to go home, either?”
Only later did she understand:
Some people come into your life to show you that
you’re not alone in the dark, counting the hours.
The sun will rise again.
Two people in trouble illuminate each other and redeem each other. The content is very touching, heartbreaking, sad, but full of warmth. The author's writing is good 👍
It's a very sad and touching novel. In desperate situations, we have each other by our side and illuminate each other.
Shen Mo and Zhang Qin are like the sun lighting up each other's world and redeeming each other. The author's writing is also very good. Come on