Her Cat and the Distance

My name is Xun Yiyuan, an ordinary freshman. In January of that year, my mother's friend brought her daughter to visit her home. The girl named Shen Fanxun was ridiculously good-looking, but also cold-hearted - she looked at me as if she were looking at a decoration that had nothing to do with her. I thought it was just an awkward blind date and we parted ways after that. But later, I went to her high school to pick her up from school. She took the milk tea from me under the plane tree and said softly, "You don't have to come." There was a faint smile hidden in the corner of her mouth. I thought this was just a slow and warm relationship, and as time went by, love would develop naturally. But later, I saw her turn into a cat in the bookstore and disappear from a carved wooden door, her whereabouts unknown. At that moment I understood—— Shen Wangxun was never someone I thought I could like step by step. She is the secret itself. And I have decided to find her. From her high school to a strange foreign country, from the ordinary world to the unknown world behind the door. I want to catch up with her, unlock her secrets, and tell her: Whether you are a human or a cat, no matter where you come from, I want to be with you. Because before she went far away, I had nowhere to escape. She is a cat and also my distant place.