A five-chapter short story, just practice, and my obsessive-compulsive side wants to get rid of the withered tree.
In her previous life, when Lin Ran was a student, Yu Qiyan caught a basketball that was about to hit her. She fell for him, blind to his true nature, and recklessly confessed to him after the school anniversary celebration.
She never expected that this confession would bind her to a dark, deranged man in a twisted relationship.
Yu Qiyan was extremely possessive. From the time they got together in school until they graduated from college and started working, he'd argue with Lin Ran whenever she said so much as a word to another boy. He'd give her the silent treatment, and if she took too long to reply, he'd call her again and again without stopping.
In the end, Lin Ran couldn't take it anymore. She sent him a text breaking up, and the next day, she received a reply saying he agreed.
But the day after they broke up, Yu Qiyan took Lin Ran to a room in a villa and locked her up.
In less than six months, under Yu Qiyan's twisted, suffocating love, Lin Ran's eyes held nothing but the empty stillness of death.
Whenever Yu Qiyan came near, she couldn't stop trembling. It wasn't fear, but a deep-boned loathing and despair. In the end, all that remained was a beautiful but broken shell.
Then, one midnight, while he was asleep, Lin Ran took a lighter from his pocket and set the entire room on fire, burning them both to death in the villa. They perished together.
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When Lin Ran opened her eyes again, she had returned to the age of eighteen.
This time, she avoided the basketball and wanted to avoid her comeuppance, too.
But she never expected that Yu Qiyan, who had died in her previous life, would become a vengeful ghost and haunt her again.
Even the living Yu Qiyan wouldn't leave her alone.
One man and one ghost, both relentlessly pursuing her.
This time, she won't be weak or back down, and she won't let anyone control her.
Man or ghost, no one will ever get to dictate her life again.
Theme: Never bow to those who hurt you. Take back your life.
