Not Approachable

Luo Zhao has an invisible line drawn between her and the world. Cats are not allowed to be touched, dogs are not allowed to be touched, masks are required during pollen season, and scarves are required when the cold air comes. During the epidemic in her second year of junior high school, she was diagnosed with cough variant asthma. From then on, the boundaries of her life were clearly defined - what was allowed to come close and what was not. She opened a divination studio in the alley, and hung a small wooden sign written by herself on the door: Zhao. Rayman Divination. Every day I turn over the cards, solve them, and help others find lost things, unclear roads, and people who can't wait. All kinds of people come to see her. She shines light into places where others dare not look, but locks some corners of herself very well. She has a boyfriend named Lin Xiangbei whom she has been dating for more than four years. Aries. We were together in high school. He took the subway for an hour and a half to see her every weekend, always carrying fruit in his hand. The way he loves someone is very stupid and very stable - no questioning, no testing, trust does not require evidence. She also has a WeChat message from a coffee shop owner she has never met. The shop is called "Du" and is right at the entrance of the alley. He is a Sagittarius, the same as Luo Zhao. The way he spoke made Luo Zhao feel dangerous - he never asked "will you come", only said "come tomorrow afternoon". He didn't wait for her to make a decision and handed the steps directly. She responded to every message he sent with restraint, no more than two sentences, no emoticons. But she replied every time. That's the problem. She couldn't drink coffee, couldn't be near the cat, couldn't cross some invisible border. She turned over the cards for everyone, but didn't dare to turn over her own card. Until one day, the coffee shop owner sent a message: "Do you want to come and sit in the shop?" She typed three words in the dialog box and deleted them. I typed three words and then deleted them. The noon light outside the window came rushing in, illuminating the words on her WeChat avatar - "Shine the light into the places you dare not look." She took a deep breath and then coughed. It's not a pathological cough. It's the kind of cough that slightly stumbles over something. In this alley there were mung bean cakes, a clock shop, an orange cat that she could never touch, and a coffee shop that she had never entered. She has been turning cards for others here for three years. Maybe it's your turn. Concept: A young fortune teller who is used to restraint and avoidance, faces the inner tug and self-examination of a stable relationship that he has been dating for four years and a heartbeat that he has never seen before. The story explores the matter of "inaccessibility" - which is more difficult to cross, the boundary of the body or the boundary of the heart.