3 the Rain

The Mysterious App married.

Li Jingshen had bought this ring for 30 yuan from a street vendor and tossed it to her with a sneer, "Here, this is what you're worth."

Shen Zhichu had just smiled, her eyes hollow. The ring was too small, but she forced it onto her finger. Even when it made her finger bleed, she insisted on wearing it.

She had stubbornly thought that if she wore it long enough, it would eventually fit. But in the end, it just slipped off her finger.

Just like her relationship with Li Jingshen.

Huddled in the rain, Shen Zhichu felt like her insides were on fire. She covered her mouth as she dry heaved, her eyes stinging and tears streaming down her face.

People were passing by with umbrellas. Shen Zhichu crouched down to pick up the ring and pressed it against her chest. When her stomach settled a bit, she stood up.

She felt like a lost soul in the rain. In her daze, she bumped into someone. She snapped back to reality and quickly bowed her head to apologize. It was a young mother with her child. The woman, holding her child's hand, said kindly, "It's okay."

The child looked up at Shen Zhichu's red eyes and whispered, "Are you crying, miss?"

The mother patted the child's head and gave Shen Zhichu an apologetic look before leading the child away.

As they walked away, Shen Zhichu heard the child ask, "Why was she crying, mommy? Was she scared?"

"How could she be scared…"

Their voices faded in the rain.

Shen Zhichu clutched her stomach and looked up, trying to hold back her tears. Scared? How could she not be? She was scared when she went to the hospital alone, scared during the endoscopy, scared when the doctor called her into his office, and terrified when she was given her diagnosis. Her blood ran cold.

But what scared Shen Zhichu even more was the thought of dying alone, with no one by her side.