The Day I Saw a Ghost

For a while, there were rumors that the school building was haunted. Wen Yaoqing didn't believe them until she saw it with her own eyes. Terrified out of her wits, she ran into the rain.

A strange boy came up behind her. Still shaken and struggling to catch her breath, she saw a black umbrella spread over her head.

Wen Yaoqing turned and saw those beautiful eyes.

She was surprised, since the two of them had never interacted before.

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Later, Wen Yaoqing approached the boy to gather evidence of his crimes and get justice for someone else.

Before she knew it, she had walked a long road by his side.

Many years later, when she looked back on those days, she realized the two words she had heard him say most often were: Don't cry.

Perhaps because she was so empathetic, she did cry easily, yet she rarely saw him shed a tear.

In her whole life, she saw him cry only twice.

The first time was when he held Wen Yaoqing.

The second time was when he knelt on the ground and, seeing Wen Yaoqing appear before him, told her to turn around.

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I walked through his dark youth and discovered that the only colors in it were in his eyes whenever he looked at me.

Luckily, though I met him a little late, it wasn't too late to love him.

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"From the age of ten to a hundred, he kissed every one of her scars."

Reader Advisory:

This story has no supernatural elements or excessive eerie scenes. Even the darker parts of the story have been toned down.

Theme: Be brave and fight back.