[Brooding art student with hearing loss x cool, fragile dance student / mutual pining / intense push and pull / healing] [Devoted puppy-like lover x beautiful, unhinged woman / guiding lover / HE]
His world is silent and gloomy.
Her world is barren and oppressive.
At eighteen, he huddled in an alley like a wounded little beast licking its own wounds. She burst into his shattered heart without warning, bringing color with her.
From then on, he secretly longed for her, only to discover that she felt the same.
At twenty, when they met again, he caught her just as she was about to fall.
Everyone thought Su Xiangning was a gentle, cool, well-behaved girl.
Only Yan Linzhou knew that the brighter she smiled during an episode, the more she was suffering.
She would knock on his door in the middle of the night, her eyes shining brilliantly.
"Yan Linzhou, would you jump with me?"
He might not hear the despair in her voice, but he could clearly see her tears.
One is a wealthy young master crushed by a blood feud and consumed by self-loathing. The other is a madwoman kept going by medication, always on the verge of falling apart.
Two people standing at the edge of a cliff accidentally became a wildfire.
She said, "Even if you can't hear, it doesn't matter. I'll be your ears."
He said, "Please, as long as I can stay by your side, I'd be willing to be your dog."
The moon fell to earth just to show mercy to her believer.
Love makes those who are weary of life choose to live, and gives courage to the timid.
Even if we fall into the abyss, I'll pull you along as we gaze up at the light of day.
The contrast between the leads is incredible in the later chapters. Logic serves the plot.
Content warning: The male lead has hearing loss and wears hearing aids in both ears. The female lead has a severe mental illness.