The summer wind by the riverside was strong, the nighttime river water rolling like ink, resembling a black hole, which once caught in, is eternally damned.
Sporadic lights flickered along the riverbank, the sound of cruise ships incessantly breaking through the silent night.
A figure sat at the edge of the dock, her legs swinging in the air, hands propped on the ground, while distant lights flickered in her eyes, uncertain and wavering.
Long, long ago, Mom had said that one day she wished to be accompanied by the sea, living next to freedom, so she honored her last wish by scattering her ashes here.
After seeing Long Xiao today, she recalled the darkest period of her life.
The intense grief and guilt left her sleepless day after day, and after taking care of Mom's funeral, she drifted like a zombie, barely dragging through life.
The sky collapsed, the ground sank, and there was no place for her in this world.
