In September at A University, Su Ruan, a cute freshman from the Chinese language department, knocked over the library steps with a box of handmade materials. Off-white beads rolled all over the floor. Lu Xingci, a top student in the computer department, bent down to help, which became the starting point of their story - the slight coolness on his fingertips and the reminder to "don't expose the hand-made scissors outside the bag" were like mints, quietly sweetening her heart.
The subsequent school days are full of heartbeats hidden in the details:
At the handicraft club stall, the fox-shaped frosted biscuits she handed out became the softest freeze-frame in his lens;
He occupied the seat by the window on the third floor of the library with old books, and the words "pull the left curtain as the sun dazzles" on the note were warmer than hot cocoa;
Cooperation at the spring market, hot soup in the snow on winter nights, companionship during the postgraduate entrance examination sprint, candy cakes and wallets spanning thousands of miles in a long-distance relationship...
He is the president of the photography club who collects all her looks with his lens, and she is the Su Ruan who customizes "star biscuits" for him in the handicraft club. There is no bloody misunderstanding, just a long and steady two-way rush.
From meeting a proposal in the freshman year to being proposed by a senior, from sharing a flat on campus to working side by side with graduate school, from mint-flavored first encounters with candied stars for the rest of his life - Lu Xingci spent five years proving that "picking up your beads is picking up a lifetime of sweetness." Su Ruan spent time to respond, "There is scenery in your lens, and you are in my heart."
The vows at the final lawn wedding, the cookie cutter and camera in the hands of daughter Lu Nianruan all tell the story: The best campus love is to accompany you from youth to maturity, turning every heartbeat into sweetness for the rest of your life.
