This was the eighteenth time Pei Yueming had dreamed of Tao Qiyu.
Every dream ended with Tao Qiyu's death.
Pei Yueming had thought dreaming of Tao Qiyu was a coincidence.
But from then on, every day he dreamed of her dying before his eyes in a different way.
Tao Qiyu's personality also changed dramatically in his dreams.
She went from timid, meek, and easy to bully to someone covered in thorns, ruthless and decisive.
She kept growing in his dreams, as if each death killed off another piece of her former, helpless self.
She did everything she could to change her fate, yet still could not escape death.
Every time Tao Qiyu died, Pei Yueming would immediately return to the day they first met.
At their first meeting, Tao Qiyu would gently call him "Brother Yueming." In the dreams that followed, she was perfunctory, turning away as if she were simply completing a task.
Watching Tao Qiyu walk away without hesitation, Pei Yueming fell into deep thought.
Were those really dreams?
Blurb posted on November 13, 2025, and screenshot saved.
Theme: I will cut through the thorns and become a flower reaching for the sun
