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The summer before his junior year of high school, Xiao Yuan’s world suddenly fell silent. He lost his hearing in his left ear, and only a faint trace of hearing remained in his right.
The once-gifted star had fallen from grace. Even Xiao Yuan himself said his life was destined to be silent.
Jiang Yining refused to believe it.
She took his wrist and pressed his palm against her throat, making him feel the sound.
Holding his hand, she spoke slowly, word by word: “Xiao Yuan, every sound leaves a trace.”
The earnest seriousness on the girl’s face stirred the boy’s dejected heart. After a moment’s struggle, Xiao Yuan’s eyes once again went blank and lifeless. “Jiang Yining, stay away from me.”
After Xiao Yuan started wearing a hearing aid, the boy who had always been so obedient suddenly grew rebellious.
Then one day, just as Xiao Yuan’s fist was about to hit Jiang Yining, a flicker of emotion finally appeared in his lifeless eyes.
As his fist turned away at the last moment, Xiao Yuan repeated, “Jiang Yining, stay away from me.” Tears glimmered in his reddened eyes, and he had no choice but to bury his face in her shoulder.
She only raised a hand and gently stroked his head. Her touch was tender, but her words were stubborn to the core. “Xiao Yuan, I won’t.”
Those few words pierced Xiao Yuan’s eardrum, and for an instant he heard them with extraordinary clarity.
Jiang Yining, you are the echo that refuses to fade from my silent world.
I don’t need a world of sound. I only need you.
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