Lu Shiyan's cell phone is always on silent.
It's not that I'm afraid of disturbing others, it's that I'm afraid of ringing.
An unanswered phone call four years ago made him only read messages, not answer calls, and keep a safe distance from all sounds.
Until a sound designer moved upstairs.
The man was recording late at night, and the sound of turning books, rain, and typing on the keyboard leaked into his room along the old floorboards.
Lu Shiyan was so noisy that he couldn't sleep.
Worse yet—he began to look forward to dark.
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Shen Tinglan can't hear in her left ear.
He works as an ASMR blogger and relies on his voice to work, and is most afraid of losing his voice completely one day.
So he desperately recorded all the quiet sounds, like squirrels hoarding pine cones.
He didn't expect that the neighbor downstairs who never spoke would tell him exactly:
"The sound of turning books between eight forty and nine o'clock can be louder."
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Later Lu Shiyan said: "In your recording, the left channel occasionally has the current noise of the hearing aid."
Shen Tinglan was stunned: "How do you know?"
"I've heard all your voices."
"Are you afraid of sounds?"
"Afraid."
"... Me too."
Two people who were afraid of sound approached each other with the softest voice separated by a floor.
[1V1 HE dual perspective, two-way secret love, redemption, sweet article]
Purpose: Learn to listen in a noisy world and find each other in silence. This is a story about fear and courage, flaws and acceptance - when we are willing to turn down the volume in our hearts for someone, silence will become the gentlest response.