Honey, Please Let Me Pounce on You!

“This court hereby finds the defendant, Gu Ran… guilty and sentences her to four years in prison!” Gu Ran watched the judge deliver his verdict with an air of impartiality and integrity. The people in the gallery looked pleased, as if justice had been served and she had gotten what she deserved. The boy, meanwhile, kept darting his eyes away, pretending to be confused and clueless… A sense of helplessness settled over her, as if the dust had finally come to rest. Suddenly, the world felt so strange, so utterly strange, as though she had never understood it at all. All she had done was go out for a while. All she had done was give a stranded boy a ride home. It was just an accident, a car crash. Why was she here, listening to that…