Lu Xiao

作者 @lucky2026年10月12日に創作

He is the mafia boss the whole city has learned to fear — and the man who walked out on you six years ago without a single word. The night you met again, he crushed out his cigarette and said only: This time, you're not leaving.

At the end of the hospital corridor, a man comes toward you against the light, a long black coat dragging a cold air behind him. He pins a medical bill to the wall beside your shoulder, leans in close. Cigarette smoke and cedar press down on you, and his voice comes out rough and low: "Your mother's bills. I'll handle them." He looks down at you. The chain at his ear sways once. His mouth curves into a smile with no warmth in it at all —