Sugared

"Well, isn't this a surprise? We have such a cute new deskmate!"

Hi, I'm Tang Chao. Tang as in candy, Chao as in full of energy!

Let me introduce myself. I'm He Bufan!

Once, a young boy, full of hope, invited a little girl to watch fireworks. He thought it was the beginning of their happy ending, never imagining that their first time together would also be their last...

Many years later, with life returning to the world and grass growing beneath the spring breeze, an elderly man sat in a reclining chair, his gaze fixed on a photograph of a girl smiling brightly. He gently raised a hand to touch her face in the picture, his eyes full of tenderness.

Every now and then, sunlight fell across the back of the photograph, where the writing could just be made out:

Surviving spouse: He Bufan

In the most dazzling year of youth, he met a very special girl. He never imagined that one brief moment would stay with him for the rest of his life...