Rose of No Man's Land

The moment Shen Mu collapsed in the classroom, he was like a withered stalk pulled out by the roots. At home, it was always his brother’s name and report cards; he was nothing but a shadow forever chasing a silhouette he could never catch up to, locked to his desk, his very breath carrying the scent of decaying paper. After he was hospitalized, his family came, threw a few scolding words at him, and left. He only felt that he was completely broken. No one expected that Cheng Yu, the guy who always sat in the back row and had two shallow dimples when he smiled, would push open that heavy ward door.