I Give My Childhood Friend Therapy

Wen Nuo has a gentle childhood friend. When they were little, she had a pretty bad temper, and people were always saying she was unreasonable. Her childhood friend would pat the little tuft of hair on her head and tell her, "Nuo Nuo, other people don't have to agree with your ideas or understand them. Just be yourself." When he carried her past the homes of people who disliked her, he would whisper that Nuo Nuo was cuter than all of them. In front of his master, he would even push back against his harsh words and say that Nuo Nuo was actually very well-behaved.

When she was fifteen, her childhood friend disappeared. When they met again, she saw someone talking at length about dreams in front of him, while ambition and desire filled that person's eyes. Shi Jue smiled, but said nothing. That person saw only his gentle smile, but Wen Nuo saw the coldness and disgust in his eyes. She wondered how much hardship he had endured and how much of life's harsh reality he had seen to make a gentle rose fold up its petals and put on a thorny shell.

She wanted her childhood friend to see that although this world had no pure fairy tales, many people weren't as bad as he imagined. Some people were uncut jade, and with a little polishing, their beautiful side would shine through.

As it happened, Wen Nuo took on a job: a femme-fatale ghost had seduced three rich playboys, driving all three to villainy. The clients were the playboys' parents, who wanted their sons to mend their ways and stay away from the femme fatale. Wen Nuo pondered the matter. Her little lab rats, no, her uncut jade, had come right to her door.

A heartwarming, healing story. Content warning: modern fantasy with a supernatural bent.

Theme: Love