[Writing practice before starting a new novel. Short story, updated whenever inspiration strikes]
When Tan Shu was fifteen, she met Ling Xiuhuai for the first time.
He wore a white shirt and white sneakers, looking impossibly clean-cut.
When Tan Shu was twenty-five, she met Ling Xiuhuai again.
He stood in a damp, gloomy alley, a cigarette between his fingers. Blood still ran from his brow after the fight he'd just been in.
He warned her, "Don't stick your nose where it doesn't belong."
Tan Shu didn't know what he had been through in the past ten years.
All she knew was that she would help him find his way out.
> The male lead is mentally ill
> A story of redemption
Theme: Living
