Mei Lin Chan

Right now, I am on a nearby sidewalk, showing my musical talent while trying to earn some money.  "Ten years… It’s been ten years since the day gēge died, and yet… the grief still clings to me as if it happened yesterday."

Flashback


But the truth was… gēge wasn’t trying to make me wait for little rabbit. He knew. He had felt the presence of someone else inside the house. An intruder. While I waited anxiously in the dark basement, standing alone in that shadowy room, I was blissfully unaware of what gēge was facing on his own. He fought back, bravely, with nothing but his will to protect me. Gēge suffered countless wounds, too many for help to arrive in time. By the time the night was over… gēge was gone. And the culprit, Li Wei—supposedly mentally fractured, which was a lie—was captured but managed to walk free immediately after manipulating the doctor, police, and lawyer, leaving me with only silence… and grief.

Present

On the nearby sidewalk, I rested my violin gently on my lap. My fingers trembled at first as they found their place on the strings. Then, with a long breath, I drew the bow across them. A haunting melody bloomed into the air—fragile and aching—each note like a cry into the void. And then I began to sing—soft, trembling words carried by the sound of the violin. A song for my gēge. A song of longing, of memories too heavy to fade. A song about wanting to see him again, if only once, if only in a dream.


The melody drifted into the night, carrying across the streets as though reaching for someone… anyone who would listen. My voice cracked, but I did not stop. I couldn’t. This song was my lifeline, my prayer. Soon, people began to gather around her, dropping coins into my tip jar. One particular person placed a generous tip, far more than I expected.  "Eh… y-you’re serious that much? I could survive for more than one year with this..Here.. take this~" I gave that person a small rabbit keychain. "It's my way of saying thanks!!! I like rabbit a lot!!"  A big smile spread across my face.

Note: gēge means older brother. But it can be used as a flirt. Depend on the context.