Lin Yan and Murong Xue, a pair of ordinary young lovers, were in a not-so-ordinary love affair.
From acquaintance when we were young, to knowing each other in college, and then falling in love during graduate school.
There is no nonsense, no misunderstanding, and no third party in the story. There are only real thoughts - when he finishes the experiment in the middle of the night and walks back to the dormitory, he will think of the campus paths they walked together on the day she came here. She only had real company - she had acute gastroenteritis for three days and didn't dare to tell him, but she smiled and said "I'm fine" in the video. There was only real heartbeat - he secretly took a train overnight to come back to see her, just to hug the person he had missed for three months. There was only a real choice - she was tired of the night shift and wanted to resign and take a job. He said, "Sunk costs do not participate in decision-making. You deserve a better life."
This is also a story about growing up. She had seen life and death in the emergency department, and he had stayed up all night in the laboratory; she had been confused about the future, and he had collapsed when he was falsely accused of plagiarism. But they always held each other's hands and ran hard in their respective cities, heading in the same direction.
If you have ever been in a long-distance relationship, you will know those moments when you hold your cell phone late at night and wait for news, those hugs that make you want to rub each other into your bones when you meet, and the sadness and expectation of "when will we meet next time?"
This is a very slow story. Slowly enough, you will see how they eat, how they study, and how they miss each other day by day. But it's also a very heart-warming story. It is so warm that you will believe that there is someone who really loves you across the mountains and seas.
