That year, she was four and Xie Cun was five.
She asked, “Big Brother Xie Cun, what do you like? I can give you anything.”
Xie Cun said, “I like stars, but you can’t give them to me.”
After that, she spent three days folding a thousand paper stars for him. He kept them in a safe.
That year, she was eleven and he was twelve.
She got into a fight with someone and lost, then cried for half an hour.
He didn’t ask why she’d fought. The next day, each of the four boys who’d beaten her was missing two teeth.
That year, she was fourteen and he was fifteen.
While they were camping, she got her first period. Embarrassed and flustered, she went to find Xie Cun. He left for an hour, then came back with a bag of clothes and two packs of sanitary pads.
That year, she was eighteen and he was nineteen.
She tugged at his sleeve and asked, “Big Brother Xie Cun, can you take me to Portia with you?”
He gently patted her head. “Be good. Wait for me to come back.”
He left, never to see again the girl who waited for him at the door every day…
This book is also titled: Childhood Sweethearts Are the Sweetest
Come on! Although there are shortcomings, there are still merits! Call Teacher Lu!