By a twist of fate, Jiang Mei meets a boy who was abused by his parents. The cruelty he suffered once shocked the entire country.
Yegor is quiet and withdrawn, with mixed foreign ancestry, fair skin, and thick brows and lashes. When he was rescued, he was illiterate and couldn't even write the simplest numbers.
But on the night of his eighteenth birthday, Jiang Mei finds an old workbook, covered in crooked handwriting and filled with her name.
Her heart sinks, and her hand trembles. The workbook falls to the floor.
Her husband behind her bends down to pick it up.
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Much later, Jiang Mei often runs her fingers over the ring the boy gave her.
A tiny diamond, shining like his eyes.
Seven-year age gap.
A short story of around ten thousand words, to be started after I finish "Midsummer Night" and "She Doesn't Love Me."
The blurb was screenshotted and archived on June 6, 2023.
Theme: Live even in the face of death.
