Highly sensitive cat-like female protagonist who lacks love × gentle and healing male protagonist with low self-esteem
"Would you like a cat?"
"No, I want to love someone."
Yang Xing was timid because of her native family. She was afraid of social interaction and being close to others. When she was emotionally depressed, she became like a cat huddled in a corner. Strangely, she happened to meet her stubborn and gentle colleague Chen Tao.
He saw through her defenses and understood her uneasiness. He didn't force or disturb her, he just stayed with her quietly, bringing peace of mind that he had never felt before.
Until the pain of his native family eliminated Yang Xing's last retreat. She ran out of that so-called home with bare feet, stepping on the cold marble, stepping on the gravel road that hurt her feet, and stepping on the deserted streets in the early morning.
She was like a homeless stray cat, huddled on a bench in the square late at night, curling up into a ball.
Chen Tao found her. He looked at her blank and red eyes, squatted down, and lowered his voice to avoid surprising her: "Yang Xing, I am your friend."
Yang Xing raised her eyes and looked at the night behind him. Her mind was confused. She mustered up the courage to ask: "Chen Tao, do you want to raise a cat?"
She thought he would say "yes" and take in her homeless kitten with pity - which may or may not be what she hoped for.
But Chen Tao just looked at her like that, his eyes serious as if he was making a lifelong promise, saying word by word: "No, I don't want to raise a cat." "I want to love someone."
——Love your sensitivity, love your awkwardness, love all your imperfections and brokenness, that happens to be the missing part of me. I will give you a home, a home that is completely yours and mine, a home where we will never leave each other behind and we will always be together.
Two people who had unfortunate childhoods, Yang Xing turned into spikes all over his body in anger, avoiding and fearing the expression of emotions, but Chen Tao turned his uneasiness into overwhelming longing and unconcealable inferiority. Between longing to love and being loved, escaping the shackles of the past becomes both painful and joyful.
Reading Guide
1. Double Cleansing | First Love | Slow Healing
2. Sensitive female protagonist × gentle and inferior male protagonist, two-way guidance, mutual redemption
3. The heroine's "cat" is a spiritual metaphor, and there will be a growth contrast later on.
4. The description of the original family can be a bit depressing.
Concept: A little healing for the lovely dear
