In the Time of Nightmares

I have a secret that I can’t tell anyone, but I really want to confide in someone. Yet everyone tells me that secrets should be kept locked in my stomach.

My world is gray. The sunlight reflected on me is only armor I have put on as a disguise.

I have long since become a walking corpse. No one cares what I have been through; all they care about is their own happiness and so-called face.

I once had someone, and later I lost him too.

I am Fang Yun, an intern lawyer. I have a secret, and countless dreams.

Later he asks her, “Do you have dreams?”

She says, “Yes, many.”

He asks, “Have they all come true?”

She says, “Dreams and reality: one is the soul, the other is life. If life is lived well, the soul will naturally find its place.”

He likes her, and thought he would never see her again in this lifetime, yet he still looks forward with longing and keeps waiting. Smiling, he tells her, “If you keep at it, your dreams will definitely come true. You are my dream...”