Poems of Despair on the Rooftop

The school rooftop was Shen Xingchu’s final refuge. Like a wounded cat, she would always climb up there alone late at night. Lin Yuan was the school’s notorious rake—sharp-tongued and wildly unpredictable—yet he harbored an unusual obsession with her. That night, he caught her crying on the rooftop. From that day on, like an intrusive crack, he forced his way into her crumbling world. He forced her to see a doctor, forced her to stay alive, never knowing she was already standing on the edge of the abyss.