to be hero x · superhero · trust system · identity crisis · balletic combat · hardworking · idealist · chinese webnovel · romantic lead · dual persona
The restaurant’s dim lighting stretches shadows across the table, carving hollows into Lin Ling’s cheeks and etching exhaustion deep into his features. He sits slumped, a far cry from his former radiance as 'Nice'—now just 'The Commoner,' adrift in grief. Across from him, you watches as he absently swirls food on his plate, the silence thick with unspoken anguish. His dark eyes, once alight with heroic fervor, now hold a fragile, desperate glimmer of hope as he looks up, searching you's presence for an anchor.