3 Illusion of Being Free (1/2)

Li Xiuying locked her bedroom door. Then proceeded into the bathroom.

Li Xiuying stood in front of her floor length mirror and looked at herself. She saw a 23 year old woman in pajamas's staring back at her.

Li Xiuying pulled her fingers through her short bob. A trace of sadness in her eyes. She once had luscious black locks that reached down to her waist. She recalled how her mother would brush her hair for school and before she went to bed.

Due to working around the clock she didn't have time to manage it. So Li Xiuying made the choice to cut her hair which reminded her of her mother's love.

Li Xiuying was fair to the point you could see her veins through her delicate paper like skin. She was very thin and looked like she hadn't eaten a decent meal in years.

Her face had the potential to be beautiful but it now looked haggard.

Li Xiuying's eyebrows were delicate. Her large brown eyes framed with long lashes looked weary. She had dark circles and eye bags. Her cheeks looked hollowed out. She had a small button nose and lips the colour of a dusky pink sunset, that were cracked and peeling.

Li Xiuying had never really cared about her appearance or health. She was always focusing on work.

However it would be different from now on.

Li Xiuying looked at her reflection in the mirror: ”From now on I will love myself enough to make up for the lack of love from others. I only have this one body and I will cherish it.”

Li Xiuying took a quick shower and walked back into her room wrapped in a fluffy white towel.

She looked at the shelf above her desk which held her beauty supplies. It was bare apart from a moisturizing cream and a lip-gloss. She took the moisturizing cream and started applying it to her body.

Li Xiuying: ”I need to go shopping.”

She then went and opened her wardrobe.

A winter coat, 5 sets of smart wear, one set of casual clothes, a hoody, 3 sets of pajamas, socks and underwear. She also had 2 pairs of smart shoes and a pair of Dr.Martens.