Lin Wangui's childhood was an old building swallowed by shadows. The iron chains in the confined space, the lingering smell of formalin and old wood, and the seventeen cold skeletons constituted his lifelong nightmare. Those years of being imprisoned and hurt were like bones that penetrated deep into the bone marrow. Even if the culprit was brought to justice and the truth was revealed, it still locked his soul tightly, causing him to repeatedly fall into fear in the airtight, strange noises and similar smells.
Until Xu Che appeared and became the only light in his dark life.
Xu Che is a bystander and a redeemer. He saw through Lin Wangui's forced calmness and felt sorry for his unknown struggle. He did not force him to recover quickly, nor did he ask him to forget the pain. Instead, he used extreme gentleness and patience to tailor a long desensitization redemption for him.
From the memorial park rebuilt on the original site of the old building, to the subtle sound adjustments at home, to the most difficult to overcome fear of smell, Xu Che has never left. He squatted down to look at the fragile him, hugged him tightly when he was shaking, accepted him fully when he collapsed, and told him over and over again "I am here", "It doesn't matter" and "You don't have to hold on". The fifty-meter journey, the faint sound of metal, and the smell that is almost inaudible. Every small step is Lin Wangui's confrontation with fear, and it is Xu Che's sense of security built with love.
When the cold and wet fog once again spread across the abandoned alleys in the south of the city, the child who had nowhere to escape in the fog finally grew up. The fear wasn't completely gone, but he no longer faced it alone.
The bones of the old building are buried, and the shackles of childhood are broken. Lin Wangui finally understood that he did not have to be invincible or force himself to recover, because there was someone around him who would always shield him from the wind and rain and lead him out of the fog.
This is a redemption that uses gentleness to fight darkness, and love to dissolve fear. It is a sunny life that grows anew on the ashes of bones.
Purpose: Everyone who has been hurt deserves to be tenderly protected