Silent Sting

Su Nian hasn't spoken to anyone for a long time. It's not that I can't say it, it's that I don't want to. The home was as cold as an ice cellar, and she could pretend not to hear the whispers at school. In the second grade of high school, she was assigned to sit at the same table as Lu Yan - the man who had failed grades, had been in a fight, and had an old scar on his wrist. He was covered in thorns. He stuffed bread into her drawer, and her way of saying thank you was to put back three and a half dollars. He gave her an earphone on the rooftop, which was playing Chopin's nocturne. She didn't hide when he was close, and he didn't wake her up when she fell asleep on his shoulder. They are all hedgehogs. When a hedgehog wants to stay warm, if it gets too close it will hurt the other person, and if it stays too far it will freeze to death. They tried many distances, and finally discovered that some of the thorns were given by others. Somewhat soft, only for one person to see.