At the age of twenty-four, Li Chaowan was diagnosed with severe depression.
That night, after years of wavering in her heart between life and death, the scales finally tipped toward the latter.
Sitting on the rooftop, she downed a can of beer and suddenly remembered the boy who had jumped from this very place seven years ago.
The wind that night stung her cheeks just as sharply as it did tonight.
She remembered his exquisite profile, and his lifeless eyes.
Back then, she hadn't yet given up on life. She still thought she might be able to save him.
"Lin Zhou, do you want to wait a little longer?"
She reached out to him, calling his name aloud for the first time in her life.
But he still jumped.
And with him, the careful, secret crush seventeen-year-old Li Chaowan had carried died on that winter night.
Today, she tosses her crushed beer can off the building, imagining the way that boy had leaned backward and fallen seven years ago. She wants to end her own miserable, haphazard life the same way.
But then,
"Do you want to wait a little longer?"
She suddenly hears his voice.
As night falls, the starlight rests on his shoulders and sleeves.
He stands quietly where she stood all those years ago, reaching out to her.
"When you think of me where I left this world, I will exist once more because of you, even if it's in another form."
"Li Chaowan, do you want to wait a little longer?"
Seven years ago, she couldn't save his life. Seven years later, he comes to her side,
willing to face the once-despairing world with her.
Some people are covered in wounds, yet still insist on becoming a light for others.
The male lead is a ghost.
A sweet, healing story about how Lin Zhou, the boy Li Chaowan loves most, heals and saves her from depression and loneliness.
Written for all the girls out there. I hope you'll be happy, and then even happier.
Blurb written on May 22, 2021
Theme: Healing everyone who is unhappy
