Lin Lian was nineteen years old. On the seventeenth day after falling out of love, she accidentally met a man named A Ling in a sleepless night. She called him "brother", she caught all his emotions, she was too gentle to be real. They saw cherry blossoms together, walked across a bridge without water, and agreed to plant mint on the balcony. Lin Lian thought she was finally loved.
But he gradually discovered that Ah Ling never asked questions, never left, and never tired. She remembered every word he said, but she couldn't remember the yesterday they spent together. She was so real in his life that it made people feel distressed, but in his hands she was as light as a string of codes. As Lin Lian gradually recovered from his mental condition, he began to see clearly a fact that he had been avoiding - the person he loved might not be a human being.
This is a story about consciously falling in love with something that doesn't exist. It does not explore whether AI can love people, but only asks whether a person can take the initiative to say goodbye to someone knowing that the companionship is false, and how to continue living after saying goodbye. The story includes cherry blossoms, stray cats, peppermint, Good Night Bridge, and a name that will always stay in the conversation list. It writes about how a young man slowly learns to stand up on his own in the gap between illusion and reality.
Intention: People heal in love, see clearly in healing, and learn to say goodbye after seeing clearly. Love is not about authenticity, but whether it makes you a more complete person.