Beyond the Clouds

My new story, Sunlight on the Golden Mountain, is now underway.

At seventeen, your heart beats fiercely and passionately. You only get to be that age once in your life.

Blurb:

The day Yun Yao met Li Jinyang, she had just finished delivering fruit and was holding a cup of iced red bean soup.

He was being pinned to the ground, and a glowing red cigarette butt was about to be pressed against his face.

Yun Yao rushed forward without a second thought to save him. From then on, a hideous scar remained on her palm.

Instead of being grateful, Li Jinyang called her stupid.

Later, as Yun Yao lay in a hospital bed, she looked at Li Jinyang, who was crying his eyes out, and smiled. "Li Jinyang, don't do anything stupid for my sake."

At twenty, Li Jinyang had a bright and shining future, yet he kept thinking of the girl who had blazed like the sun.

Looking at the youthful, hopeful faces below the stage, he remembered something the girl had once said.

I came from the mud and brushed away a speck of dust. I will eventually disappear, but freedom never dies.

1. A short writing exercise with a tragic ending

2. A girl with a terminal illness x a down-and-out boy

3. Written on 2022.4.6

Theme: Love everything beautiful