Until Autumn

If you’re willing to keep moving forward instead of turning back, then maybe we were never as far apart as we thought. “I noticed that all your social media handles seem to be ‘Autumn’s End.’” Li Zhiyu was still gentle. “Because you’re where I’m destined to end up.” “Put another way, just like the cycle of the seasons, everything ultimately ends with Lin Qiu se.” ‘End’ means reaching a place, arriving at the most perfect state. ^ “The flowers picked from the roadside will eventually wither. None of us can hold on to the passing years, and neither could he, back when he was young.” “I think I’m obsessive.” “Li Zhiyu, didn’t you say it would end in autumn? You liar.” Zhi, the zhi in ‘to stop.’ ^ Much later, she really did open a shop of her own. She named it ‘Stop, Meet Autumn.’ Zhi, the zhi in ‘stop here.’ If the story never ends, then the meaning of eternity will have to turn the page.