In the summer of 2000, I met a very strange person!
In the summer of 2003, I lost my lover forever!
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In 2000, I picked up a little dumpling. She was wearing a dirty, ill-fitting cheongsam and hiding under my plane tree. She was sallow, skinny, and covered in wounds.
The strange thing is that only I can see her.
She said her name was Gu Mulin and she came from 1931.
She was sold by her parents, beaten in the troupe, and lived in troubled times - but the way she looked at me was as bright as a star.
I have scars on my face and everyone avoids me, including my parents.
Only she said: "Sister Chao, you look so beautiful when you smile."
I taught her how to read and write, and told her that China would be victorious in the future.
The day she left, she said in my ear: "Sister, I will come to you alive."
Three years later, she is back, and this time I will do my best to protect her.
——She came from the flames of war, and I live in the abyss. We are each other's rising sun, and hope will eventually come.
[Two heroines·Republic of China time travel·Two-way redemption·Fateful sadomasochism]
