Tick-tock! Tick-tock!
As droplets of fresh blood slowly trickled down Zhang Zihan's beautiful face, they blended with her tears.
Outside the window, coming from somewhere unknown, someone was playing the song "Maple Leaf" sung by Zhang Zihan.
"When the autumn wind blows!
When maple leaves part!
Having lost you, I can only embrace another self!
In dreams, in memories, in the past of the past!
Maple leaves together, we shall never forsake..."
The song, filled with deep sorrow, gently echoed within the room.
Zhang Zihan's eyes were teary as she softly hummed the tune, while the sharp knife kept sliding over her beautiful face.
The wounds were painful, but compared to her shattered heart, they didn't hurt as much...
Zhang Zihan was distraught, her body radiating intense grief as she incessantly revisited every little detail of her memories...
Their maple leaves...
Their stir-fried noodles...
Those travel shoes, those tattered clothes...
