"Don't die here."
This was the first thing that person said to her.
Xia Lin has a black notebook in which she writes her "list of meaningless things":
In a daze at a convenience store.
Sit on a park bench until dark.
Count how many kinds of rice balls there are in convenience stores.
She lived a very useful life. The third grader, the eldest daughter, and the nanny of her younger brother. So she needs these useless things - to prove that she is still alive.
Until that rainy night, a girl who was painting thrust a painting into her hand.
The painting shows a withered white flower.
The man said: "This cloud looks like you."
The next day, Xia Lin brought two sandwiches to school.
The girl took the sandwich and said, "If it doesn't taste good, I'll return it to you."
Xia Lin said: "It's not bribery. It's exchange."
From that day on, there was one more item on her list:
3. Share breakfast with that freak.
This is a story about "being seen".
A transparent girl meets the man who drew her.
But she didn't know that that person couldn't see herself either.
Concept: A transparent girl slowly develops in another person's painting.
