The Evil Dragon

[The radio drama adaptation is now available on Fan Jiao!]

Once, during a rehearsal at the youth center, none of the children wanted to play the evil dragon. So Xie Shu, who had been peering in through the glass wall, was called inside.

"The dragon is supposed to kidnap the princess, okay?" the teacher reminded her before the rehearsal began.

But the dragon only had eyes for treasure.

"You're supposed to kidnap the princess!" the children told her, chattering in frustration.

"No!" The skinny little dragon turned to stare at the little princess. "I want lots and lots of treasure, and then I'll use it to build a castle for my princess!"

How could a princess live in a cave with a dragon? A princess belonged in a castle. The castle would have a glass room, and the glass room would be filled with roses. The princess would sleep and dance there.

But when the dragon grew up, she had countless treasures and had even built her castle, yet she forgot her princess.

Luckily, the princess came looking for her.

Xie Shu: I'm rich. I have more money than I could ever spend.

Wen Yijin: I want Xie Shu. I only want Xie Shu.

-------------Coming soon: Mountain Sparrow-------------

That afternoon during PE, Lin Shan Que sat on the steps outside the basketball court with a few girls from her class. While the others whispered excitedly about how handsome one of the older boys on the court was, she kept her eyes fixed on the girl sitting lazily on the steps opposite them.

That was Ye Qingxiao, a year above her. Lin Shan Que had heard her name even before she started school.

Beautiful, rebellious, carefree... Even the teachers would say, "If you had a family background like Ye Qingxiao's, I wouldn't care what you did."

She and Lin Shan Que belonged to completely different worlds.

But Lin Shan Que had a secret. During the summer after the high school entrance exams, she bought a secondhand phone for two hundred yuan, downloaded a game, and met someone in it.

That person said her name was Ye Qingxiao.

Ye Qingxiao was very fond of a little mountain sparrow.

The bird was a little silly. It always brought her tasty food, waited for her in places she often visited late at night, and even told her outright that it liked her.

But later, the little sparrow flew away, and Ye Qingxiao didn't even know what it looked like.

Ye Qingxiao searched for many people, but in the end all she found was a portrait. It showed her, and was signed "Mountain Sparrow."

One day, a few years later, Ye Qingxiao walked into a convenience store by the road. As she paid, she noticed the young woman behind the counter was crying.

Perhaps her gaze was too direct. The young woman pointed to a phone propped up nearby. It was playing a popular drama. The two leads passed each other, and only one looked back, crying uncontrollably as she watched the other walk away with an indifferent expression.

"The person she loves doesn't even know she exists. It's so heartbreaking, sob..."

Ye Qingxiao felt a pang in her heart. She parted her lips, but couldn't say anything.

Only after she picked up her purchases and headed outside did someone approach her, carrying a painting. On it were two familiar characters.

"Where did you get this painting?" Ye Qingxiao asked hoarsely, staring fixedly at the person holding it.

But the person holding the painting was looking past her. "Mountain Sparrow helped me paint it. Isn't it pretty?"

After all these years, Ye Qingxiao finally found the little mountain sparrow she loved.

Theme: Keep hope in your heart, and you will see the sun rise.