When he was seventeen years old, Wu Xian returned to school after dropping out of school, struggling in the unfamiliarity and loneliness. Looking back by chance during a physical examination, she bumped into the bright smile of Feng Chen, a boy from the volleyball team, and her heartbeat at that moment started her two-year-long secret love.
She was once the silent shadow in the crowd, and he was the radiant school idol. The distance from the fourth floor to the first floor is her carefully calculated chance encounter; the anonymous apple on Christmas Eve is her courage not to sign her name; the blurred silhouette in the photo album is all the secrets of her youth. The hasty group photo taken at graduation and the erroneous ambition after the college entrance examination made this unrequited love finally become a handful of embers in youth.
Ten years later, the 28-year-old Wu Xian was already a capable publishing editor. While preparing for a new book launch, he unexpectedly discovered that the author was actually Feng Chen in his memory. At this time, he was already a successful entrepreneur, wearing a suit and leather shoes, calm and sharp. "Hello, Miss Wu" started a polite but distant reunion between adults.
However, under the polite greetings, the memories buried by time quietly revived. He began to remember her quiet past, recognized the anonymous apple, and saw the independent and mature woman in front of him. From careful probing to irresistible approach, the ten years of missed time melt away in every meeting of eyes.
When the embers of youth meet the destined morning light, those once humble loves will eventually wait for its echo. "Morning Embers" is an affectionate story about a long secret love, the answer of time and the favor of fate. It witnesses the warm journey of two souls from misalignment to integration.
Reader comments
"This is the epitome of my high school days!" - A strong sense of empathy and resonance
When I read Wu Xian's description of "feeling like a stone thrown into a stream by mistake", my heart was slightly hit. Your portrayal of her alienation and loneliness after returning to school is so accurate. That kind of atmosphere where the surrounding people are noisy but has nothing to do with you, that kind of loneliness that is clearer among the crowd, is an experience that almost everyone who has experienced transferring schools, dropping out of school, or simply having a sensitive heart has experienced. This kind of delicate psychological description allowed me to instantly enter Wu Xian's perspective. I felt her uneasiness and caution.
"This is the epitome of my high school days!" - A strong sense of empathy and resonance When I read Wu Xian's description of "feeling like a stone thrown into a stream by mistake", my heart was slightly hit. Your portrayal of her alienation and loneliness after returning to school is so accurate. That kind of atmosphere where the surrounding people are noisy but has nothing to do with you, that kind of loneliness that is clearer among the crowd, is an experience that almost everyone who has experienced transferring schools, dropping out of school, or simply having a sensitive heart has experienced. This kind of delicate psychological description allowed me to instantly enter Wu Xian's perspective. I felt her uneasiness and caution.