The family you're born into truly can shape the course of your entire life.
For someone who's equally lonely, Gu Jianlin saw her like a beam of light in the darkness.
It was instinctual to want to approach.
But at the moment, he was drenched in a torrential rainstorm, afraid that as soon as he walked over, he'd extinguish that light.
Thinking back to the past few months, they truly felt like heaven—each night, the lovely girl in her pajamas would come over with a notebook full of homework. The two of them hid in his room, snacking on midnight treats and binging dramas, while the rain softly tapped against the window.
"I need to grow stronger as quickly as I can, and spend more time with her while I can spare it."
Gu Jianlin murmured to himself: "Though, there's no going back home now."
Suddenly, his phone, fully charged with a shared power bank, chimed with a notification.
Gu Jianlin fished out his phone to take a look.
"Don't overwork yourself."
