On the third rainy day after Lin Wanxing moved back to the old city, he found a faded iron box in the attic.
In addition to the half-dissolved mint candy inside, there was also a note written by a young man:
"When the gardenia flowers bloom, I will take you to see the river."
She thought it was a dream that was washed away by a heavy rain in the summer when she was seventeen, until one day when she was working overtime until late at night, she saw a man in a white shirt standing under the streetlight at the alley.
He held a dew-stained gardenia in his hand, and the mole at the end of his eye when he smiled was exactly the same as in his memory:
"Lin Wanxing, I have been waiting for the flowering period for twelve years."
