The Head-and-Tail Lanternfish in the Darkroom

My next story: The Tiger Dad Who Raised a Cub. The tiger world's Ed Hua, a professional babysitter. The tiger I raised turned on me.

A frail soul who regains his sight x a naive, powerful autistic man

Jiang Yuan borrowed a glimpse of daylight,

trapped in a dark room with Ding Yi. Like two fish, they relied on each other and became each other's whole lives.

Autistic Ding Yi was like a lanternfish hiding in a dark room. You couldn't see him most of the time, but when you noticed him, you'd find that both his eyes shone like lanterns.

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Jiang Yuan had always known that Ding Yi, who had grown up with him, was autistic.

When Jiang Yuan realized he had fallen for Ding Yi, he was terrified. Wasn't he the one with something wrong in the head, not Ding Yi?

But Ding Yi was simply too beautiful. Even without expression, with a blank face, stiff and dull, Jiang Yuan still couldn't help falling for him.

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Since childhood, Ding Yi had hated anyone invading his personal space, including the space inside his mind.

But somehow, Jiang Yuan had found a way to suddenly make a home inside his mind.

By the time Ding Yi noticed, Jiang Yuan had already been in that little corner for a long time.

Because Jiang Yuan was in his head, Ding Yi often had no choice but to compromise.

What Ding Yi didn't know was that once you compromised, you were bound to do it again.

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Jiang Yuan seemed to be getting younger as he got older. He was a grown man, yet he was so scared crossing the street that he asked Ding Yi to hold his hand.

Before bed, he needed a hug before he would go back to his own room.

When thunder boomed and rain fell in the middle of the night, he was so frightened he'd stand outside Ding Yi's door with his quilt for ages.

A lantern over your head, wind beneath your feet, a stove by your side, and voices all around.

Does "merman" mean people and fish are beautiful together? Like me and the lanternfish?

No, it means people wield the knife while I am the fish on the chopping board!

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Theme: As long as you work hard, even the impossible can become possible!