Narcissus gazes at its reflection in the lake, blind to its own blindness.
Blood pours from its hollow heart, and tears stream from its sightless eyes.
It longs for the spring breeze to blow. It longs to see again.
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I’m a lowly water ghost who went against my instincts to save a girl who’d been swept away.
Maybe my intentions weren’t entirely good. Although I was given a new life, Heaven rewarded me with a body riddled with serious flaws.
I have no choice but to cling to her, because I don’t want to die a second time.
But when she cried in front of me, I wondered: can a water ghost really never hurt a human?
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Ai Mei saw the man who had saved her again.
He was standing in the middle of the road, still wearing those swimming trunks.
Seeing his bizarre getup, her first thought wasn’t fear. She wanted to find him something more decent to wear.
But she never expected him to follow her all the way to the university gates.
He handed her an insulated bag.
“Want some milk tea? I work over there, and I made it myself.”
Theme: People are beautiful because of their self-respect, arrogant because of their beauty, and lonely because of their arrogance. No one has the right to save another, but I’m selfish and foolish, and still want to stay by your side.
