* The heroine has aphasia. The hero is her sign language teacher and counselor.
* The heroine is the only one who saves the hero.
After an accident in childhood, Lin Tao developed aphasia.
The doctor said her inability to speak stemmed from a psychological disorder. The Lin family cherished their little princess, who had come to them late in life, and spent over a decade searching the world for a solution, but nothing helped much.
Until Wen Zhixian arrived.
Wen Zhixian was different from everyone Lin Tao had ever met.
He was gentle and funny, and would secretly take her to the back garden to feed canned food to the stray cats.
He would also use sign language to tell her slowly, word by word: You are beautiful.
Yet the man who was gentle and composed by day was tortured by insomnia every night. Listening to other people's confessions for so long had made Wen Zhixian anxious and restless. He needed medication just to fall asleep.
On yet another night when a nightmare woke him, Wen Zhixian's head throbbed. He smashed a vase and held a sharp shard, stabbing the pillow again and again.
Amid a flurry of white feathers, a pair of frail, pale hands embraced Wen Zhixian from behind.
"Wen Zhixian." Lin Pu called his name directly for the first time. Her voice was hoarse and trembling. "Hold me..."
No medicine could cure him.
Only Lin Pu was his remedy.
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Lin Tao had once been kidnapped. Another boy was locked up with her.
While their captors were distracted, the two of them cut through the ropes binding their hands and feet and ran for their lives, only to end up in a dead end.
In the silent alley, approaching footsteps drew closer and closer.
Lin Tao clutched the boy's hand, just as cold as her own, like someone falling off a cliff clutching the only blade of grass.
The boy hid little Lin Tao in a trash can. Just before the last bit of light disappeared, Lin Tao saw his gaze, tender yet resolute, as he motioned for her to be quiet.
[Don't speak.]
Theme: Every act of kindness will eventually be rewarded.
