At twenty-seven, Bai Yue chooses to write a future for herself and the girl she knew as a teenager. In the end, they will reach this destination. Once, she feared the judgment of the world and was trapped by her own doubts. Now she no longer fears society, but the ending can no longer be changed. Years of longing and regret finally find their happy resolution on the page. She writes their story again and again, until at last she lets go of her obsession and realizes that what matters isn’t the far shore, but us.
