A Misperception

When she wakes up, the little vampire has transmigrated from a crystal coffin in an ancient castle to an unfamiliar time and place.

This is a world filled with birdsong and flowers, with no gloomy weather or smell of decay, and no alienation or suspicion between her kind.

Pei Zhaixing lies beneath a large tree in someone else's backyard. Sunlight slipping through the branches burns her skin, but she is reluctant to leave.

A beautiful woman finds Pei Zhaixing.

The first time she sees the woman, the woman smiles and calls her by name: Pei Zhaixing.

Later, the woman adopts Pei Zhaixing and tells her that she is her mother.

But her mother is clearly a low-ranking vampire from the ancient castle.

Only later does Pei Zhaixing learn that she is merely a character in the woman's book, and that she accidentally transmigrated into the strange world beyond its pages.

The woman brings her to a boy who seems even colder than a vampire and tells her he is her older brother.

His name is Li Chao.

Before they come of age, little vampires need to drink blood regularly every month to survive. When the full moon comes, their teeth itch and ache, and their bodies feel as if they're on fire.

She hides from the dog and the people in the house, afraid she might hurt them.

The woman finds her and places her wrist by the girl's teeth, her voice gentle: "Don't bite too hard. Mommy's a little afraid of pain."

Later, the woman lies in a transparent crystal coffin.

Pei Zhaixing sobs uncontrollably, because she has lost the people who loved her most, and whom she loved most, in both worlds.

Through tear-blurred eyes, the cold-faced boy places his wrist by her teeth. His voice is cool and distant: "Stop crying. I won't let you starve."

Theme: I'll pluck the stars for you.