In 1967, in the Tongzi Tower in Liaocheng, six-year-old Emma, with her innate desire to explore, became the law of the entire world of five-year-old Gu Liang.
"You are mine." - This children's joke has become a lifelong mantra.
From the ignorant "body exploration" in childhood to the "physiological research" that crossed the line in adolescence, Emma built an inescapable symbiotic cage in Gu Liang's world in the name of protection. And Gu Liang, this pale and frail boy, in his resignation and shame, was horrified to find that his body and soul only reacted to Emma alone. This "uniqueness" did not bring sweetness, but instead became his deepest inferiority and fear.
When the torrent of the times pushed them into the vast world of university, the cracks finally appeared. Emma, who longed for rebirth, began to distance herself, while Gu Liang, who regarded Emma as the only meaning of existence, chose the most tragic way after the world collapsed, trying to leave an eternal mark on her life.
Can a pool of blood wash away the sins of the past? Can a relationship that began with a twist be rebuilt on the ashes?
This is not a story about love. This is a heavy fable about sin and punishment, dependence and redemption, destruction and rebirth. It tells how two souls bound by fate, burdened with a heavy past, struggle to find a glimmer of light in the gloomy area of human nature.
Purpose: This story aims to explore the complex boundaries of human nature by describing a relationship that began with childhood violation and twisted symbiosis: when love and injury come from the same source, control and protection are integrated, the victim and the perpetrator are locked in a common fate. It attempts to ask, on the ruins of relationships, whether souls burdened with original sin and trauma can find their own unique and tragic existence posture in the ashes of despair by taking responsibility and atonement for each other.