Frost

After returning from studying abroad, Shen Yanzhi and Su Wan, the daughter of a tailor, develop a green love in the ordinary days in the streets. A silver ring with their names engraved on it is their promise for the future. However, a sudden business injustice dragged Shen Yanzhi into the abyss. The forged evidence and accusations from others made Su Wan break with his father amidst his anger and inner struggle. Shen Yanzhi was imprisoned for three years, but Su Wan exhausted all her energy in rushing to overturn his case. Before she died, she buried the silver ring and the words "I believe in you, but I can't wait any longer" under the old locust tree where they first met, which became the unspoken truth and eternal regret. Three years later, Shen Yanzhi was acquitted, and all he found was the empty streets, the tailor shop that had changed owners, and the ring and yellowed note under the old locust tree that had been faded by time. Only then did he realize that she had never doubted him, but she had left forever while waiting. In the long years since then, he has guarded the old locust trees and the fragrance of magnolia flowers, practicing his belated "return" throughout his life, leaving behind only the confusion and irreparable pain of separation between life and death. This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.