She met him when she was seventeen.
The sun was glaring that day. More than a dozen boys in sportswear were battling it out under the blazing sun. She was about to hurry away when a basketball rolled to her feet.
“Hey, would you toss the ball over?” A handsome boy with a sunny smile stood beneath the hoop. His clothes clung to his damp body, and the collar of his shirt gaped open, exposing collarbones so pale they were almost blinding.
She hesitated. She’d played basketball in PE class, but tossing it over? She really couldn’t do that.
“Let me introduce her. This is Shen Yan, a top student in her second year of high school. She represented First High School in the International High School Debate Championships for two consecutive years and won the title both times.” The speaker was the class monitor, Li Jian, a tall, thin boy who looked undernourished. The PE class representative stood with one hand on his hip and an arm draped over Li Jian’s shoulder, laughing. “Forget throwing it. It’s impressive enough if she can kick it over here.”
The game stopped, and the cheerleaders gathered in a semicircle. Apparently, watching me embarrass myself was more entertaining than the game. But I wasn’t going to give them the chance. Clutching my books, I walked straight past them. Old Mo once said that when you’re faced with something you can’t do, the best solution is not to do it.
Shen Yan and Gao Jin’s ill-fated love story slowly unfolds. Can a marriage without anyone’s blessing really have a future? Their vows of eternal love still echo in her mind, while the hardships of reality leave her struggling to move forward alone. Then, through one cycle of disappointment and hope after another, she finds the love that belongs to her. Terrified, she cautiously follows the light, and at last, beneath a dim streetlamp, he...
