Pray for Light, and There It Is

After a number of painful events, thirteen-year-old Chen Yang developed a mental disorder. His condition was unusual, and his doctor could only label it depression. With no other explanation, Chen Yang decided to consider himself depressed. As a rather unusual “depression patient,” Chen Yang was a real nuisance whenever he wasn't having an episode. And he was picky about whom he annoyed, choosing a handsome guy he had accidentally pulled onto a bus. The handsome guy had a bad temper and disliked the nuisance from the moment they met. He was the product of a happy family and should have been shaped by his two lively dads, but somehow he had taken the path of cold aloofness and never looked back. Maybe it was because of the move. Leaving the hometown he'd lived in for so long made him like a cicada shedding its shell, transformed into someone else. He had a temper and didn't like to talk. He didn't like making friends because it was too much trouble. In short, he was “slow to warm up on a generational scale.” Even his mom couldn't get more than a few words out of him. Then he ran into a shameless nuisance who wouldn't leave, no matter how many times he told him to get lost. “I've never met anyone as annoying as you,” Yu Wan said through gritted teeth. The nuisance grinned. “Then I'm your first. I'm honored.” Yu Wan: “...” Chen Yang (bottom) Yu Wan (top) Happy ending Sweet enough to make the old malt-sugar seller smash his pot and hawk his wares Theme: Exercise more and study hard