Symbiosis of Purity

On Tang Ling's first day at her new school, she immediately noticed the gentle-looking girl in her class, Gu Qing.

Tang Ling was always drawn to beautiful people, and she thought to herself that she should go say hello to Gu Qing.

But in the span of a single ten-minute break, before she had the chance to speak to the girl, Gu Qing fell from the school building and died below.

Blood spilled before Tang Ling's eyes.

When Tang Ling looked up, all she saw was a hand on the rooftop, too late to pull back.

The police arrived quickly and investigated. In the end, they ruled Gu Qing's death a suicide.

But Tang Ling's heart trembled. Had she imagined that hand?

Still troubled by her doubts, Tang Ling went home. She heard her parents calling her to dinner and stumbled to the table in a daze. When she looked up, she met the blank white faces of her parents, with no features at all.

"What's wrong, Ling? Aren't you going to eat?" Her mother's voice was tender and affectionate, but Tang Ling couldn't think of anything else. She hurriedly backed away and rushed to her bedroom.

Tang Ling blamed it all on being shocked, then went to bed early with her head under the covers.

When her alarm rang the next morning, Tang Ling opened her eyes,

only to see that the date on the calendar was yesterday.

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Long afterward, the two stood in silence on the school rooftop.

Gu Qing gazed up at the endless sky, her voice gentle and cool. "So you saved me for your own sake, didn't you?"

Tang Ling anxiously grabbed her hand. "I... admit that at first, I really did it for myself. But that's not true anymore. Now it's because, because..."

Gu Qing: "Because of what?"

"Because I like you." Tang Ling's voice was firm.

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Tang Ling is the pursuer.

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A short story about girls saving each other.

The premise isn't complicated. If you like it, please add it to your favorites. Kisses!

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Blurb revised on 2025.5.29.

Theme: Love and being loved, and striving to grow.