Mad Dog

Attheageoften,JiangQihadblackhair,shallowpupils,andapale,delicateappearance.Heoftengotinjured,withbloodflowingfromhishead.Hewasthesonofa‘notorious’mu*dererinChenKongAlley,andpeoplecursedhim,sayingthathehadvilebloodrunninginhisveins.ExceptforZhiQi,noonepaidhimanyattention.ZhiQioftencriedwhilebandaginghiswounds,hervoicesoftassheasked,“Whydoyoualwaysgethurt?Doesithurtalot?”JiangQismiled,thecoldandrebelliousboyappearingparticularlyobedientinfrontofher:“Ifyoucomfortme,itwon’thurtanymore.”Bythetimehereachedhighschool,hehadbecomethemostfamousmadman,coldandruthlessinallLinLan.ZhiQirememberedJiangQioncesayingthatmostofhislifewaslivedlikeadog.Hewouldratherhaveeveryonefearhimthanletanyonebullyhim.Eventhougheveryonefearedhim,ZhiQiwasnotafraid.Unfortunatepeoplespendtheirentireliveshealingfromchildhood,andZhiQiwantedtohealJiangQiwithherownefforts.Shewouldmakeapromisetohimontherooftopoftheschool,wherehebroughthertothetop:“JiangQi,takecare.WhenIreachthelegalage,Icanmarryyou.”Theboy’sresponsewasafaintsmile,hisgazeclearandcleanlikethestarsinthesky,filledwithrareyearningforthefuture.ZhiQididn’tknowthatasimplepromisesavedJiangQi’slife,pullinghimoutofhell.Unfortunately,‘redemption’hasanexpirationdate.WhentheclockstrikestwelveforCinderella,heremainsthesickdogwithnothing.Acrazyboy,andallthesweetnamesinhisobscurelifearecalled‘ZhiQi’.