Lin Huai, the aloof campus heartthrob from the computer science department, has always kept to himself. His world is made up of zeros and ones: rational, precise, and leaving no room for the slightest error. Until one Friday afternoon, his roommate dragged him along to make up the numbers for a horror escape room, where he met a girl named Li Tiantian.
Li Tiantian was just as her name suggested: soft and sweet, prone to tears, and as timid as a startled rabbit. In the sinister "Despair High School," she was so terrified that all she could do was clutch Lin Huai's jacket and tremble. Lin Huai had meant to be an indifferent bystander, but when that cold little hand trembled as it grabbed him, a barrier somewhere in his heart quietly crumbled.
In the darkness, he stepped in front of her and said in a low voice, "Don't be afraid. Stay with me."
At that moment, the suspension bridge effect sent their hearts racing out of control, and he became her only salvation.
When the game ended, Lin Huai came to his senses and decided they were just passing acquaintances. He even prepared himself to "never cross paths again." But who could have guessed that the girl who could barely look people in the eye when she spoke would summon all her courage beneath the night sky, her face flushed as she blocked his way? "Could I... add you on WeChat?"
Lin Huai said, "What a hassle," but his actions told a different story as he held out his QR code.
From then on, a "rabbit hugging a carrot" appeared on the cool-headed heartthrob's phone, and his world gained a sweetness that would never fade.
"I meant to walk alone through the long night, but your simple 'Are you there?' made me long for the warmth of everyday life."
