This collection consists of four separate stories:
1. A Moth to the Flame
Summary: A familiar silhouette, tear-blurred eyes. If a moth born to fly toward the flame doesn't dare to, what can give this fate its grandeur?
“Winter had come.
Dongcun Minlang raised his head to look at the snowflakes fluttering down. He tightened his coat as it snapped in the wind and headed toward Tong Jiaru's home. He quickened his pace, his shoes barely sinking into the snow, betraying the urgency in his heart.
He smiled at the hand puppet he'd brought back from the East, privately congratulating himself that the custom-made doll with clothes had been worth the money.”
2. All Roads Lead to the Same Place
Summary: A stubborn devotion kept waiting, years slipping by. The coward afraid to be loved is no longer weak.
“Tong Jiaru had been having nightmares lately.
In the dreams, there was a strange reed field, empty and vast, seemingly without end.
He simply stood there, his hands covered in the filthy blood of Dongcun Minlang, who lay on the ground.”
3. Tequila
Summary: I give you this old trench coat, to lift the curse.
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Breathe out, breathe in, throw a punch, clench a fist.
An unbearable sense of suffocation gripped his throat. A chill crept through his limbs, and his palms began to sweat. He tried to wipe them without thinking, but suddenly felt the cold seeping into his lungs.”
4. A Happy Ending
“Summary: Everyone hopes you'll have a happy ending, including the two of you.
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He still went to burn paper offerings.
Memories played out like scenes from a film. He always stubbornly sat on that desolate patch of land. Sometimes he said nothing at all. Sometimes he only touched the wooden plaque, its inscription nearly worn away by wind and rain, then hurriedly left.”
Theme: Love
