Our Dawn, Our Dusk, Our Running

(Football + comeback + romance) The news of the 2022 Wuzhou air disaster left Sheng Zimu grieving the loss of his closest friends, Zhou Wei and Yuan Xiaoxiao. Standing before their graves, he looks at their smiling wedding photo, and his memories suddenly flash back to the football pitch at G University in 2005. Back then, the shadow of his father’s death had trapped him in isolation. It was Yuan Dingkun’s advice and Duanmu Yan’s enthusiasm that helped him find his way back to football. From a substitute on the faculty team to the tactical heart of the squad, he rises through the ranks with Zhou Wei’s gift for switching from basketball to goalkeeping and the team’s trust, all the way to the university team, racing toward their promise to win the CUFA championship. As the years pass, Qu Xingwan becomes another ray of light in his life. From quietly standing by him on campus to becoming his wife and the mother of Xiao Muyan, she is always there to support him, morning and night. In the rain of 2022, she faces grief at his side. Beneath the sunshine of 2005, she watches him find his smile again on the pitch. Football is the bond that ties together a family formed without blood; running is the backdrop, carrying his tribute to his father, his memories of his closest friends, and seventeen years of love and devotion. Their days and their journeys have never been a solo expedition.