The Fish Longs for Its Old Deep

Chi Chi had the same dream for three years.

In it, she told Ling Yuan, "I have a boyfriend now. You should move out."

He watched her quietly for a while, then answered, "All right." That very night, he picked up the bag he had packed for prison and left.

Whenever Chi Chi jolted awake from the dream, the back of her neck was soaked with cold sweat.

She never told Ling Yuan that she had been lying when she said she had a boyfriend.

She would never know that day, standing alone on an empty street, his heart had hurt so badly that even his fingertips trembled.

Theme: Tomorrow will be better.