Shen Che's life was doomed from the time he was eight years old in that abandoned warehouse——
After counting two thousand cracks, what awaited was the kidnapper's threat to "remove the vote."
From then on, he learned not to cry, not to ask, not to rely on, and became the sharpest knife and the coldest shield in the Beidulu world.
Until that cold spring afternoon, a woman named Han Ying broke into the conference room.
She didn't look at him, and just pushed a bottle of Coke to the trembling boy: "You have to be strong to handle such a big thing."
He thought she was light, but later found out she was a lamp——
We didn't wait for it, we ordered it together.
At three o'clock in the morning, she found him drinking coffee alone in a convenience store;
In the corner of the Sunshine Welfare Home, she caught his sudden collapse;
In the storm in court, she said, "We will bear it together," even if the cost is his license and her peace of mind.
"You are obviously the best at pretending, but you can't pretend in front of me."
"Because you taught me 'need'. It's a harder word than 'love'."
From "crack" to "in", from "escape" to "go towards", from a gap in the number of people to two people side by side——
This is a story about trauma, healing and presence.
To all the adults who have ever "not needed anyone":
You don't have to be perfect, you don't have to be strong, you don't have to be always right.
You just need to be there.
