Yesterday, Again

A letter to us under the camphor tree - Notes on the creation of "Back Yesterday" When I wrote the title "Back Yesterday", the camphor tree outside the window was casting tiny shadows. This is not a story about time travel or rebirth, but a slow and solemn look back - looking back at the age when we once firmly believed that "friendship is greater than the sky", and looking back at the panic that the whole world was collapsing when the first crack appeared. This story begins with an overly beautiful setting: three girls who were born on the same day in the same year and the same month became sworn brothers under the camphor tree on campus. Lin Suan, Gu Qingyan, Shen Qiutang, their names contain all my imagination of the quality of youth - clear, bright and clean, with a hint of autumn complexity. Letting them be born on the same day is not to create a dramatic coincidence, but to explore a metaphor of fate: how people who start from the same starting point are led to different paths by time and choice. The camphor tree is a witness to this friendship and a silent prophet. It is evergreen all year round and seems eternal, but the growth of each new leaf means the withering of the old leaves. Just like us in youth, we always think that certain emotions will be as evergreen as trees, but we ignore that growth itself is a slow farewell and rebirth. Many people ask, why should their "iron triangle" be cracked before graduation? Why not write a utopia that is purely sweet and warm, where we work together to make progress together? Because I believe that what is truly moving is not the fairy tale that will never be broken, but how we face the light spots in that place after the cracks appear. Graduation is like a sudden wind, blowing the originally still lake surface. Places for graduate school, hazy love, different family expectations, different imaginations of the future... These are not "villains", they are just heavy gifts that come with growth itself. When the three girls had to start thinking about "who do I want to be," the once indestructible "we" ushered in the first real test. I carefully write down those subtle moments - an unspoken comfort, a misunderstood look, a self-righteous sacrifice. Hurt is often not caused by malice, but precisely by caring too deeply or being too young and clumsy. Lin Su'an's persistence, Gu Qingyan's sobriety, and Shen Qiutang's forbearance, they were all right, but it was these "right" choices that drove them away from each other. What I want to write about is this unsolvable pain, this tragedy that is unique to youth and full of good intentions. The "ten-year agreement" is a long thread in the story. It is not only a time suspense, but also a question: When yesterday really has the opportunity to "come back", will we work hard to repair it, or will we finally learn to reconcile with regrets? That agreement is like a coin thrown into the future. No one knows the answer until it lands. When writing their stories, I often thought about my college days and the people who were once inseparable but are now scattered in all directions. We may not have formally sworn sworn friends under the tree, but we have all made vows similar to "to be good friends for life." Later, we were washed apart by time, not because of any fierce conflicts, but because the tide of life pushed us to different beaches. Writing this story is, in a way, a long conversation I had with my own yesterday. If you are reading it, maybe you will also meet your former self, or a name that is gradually blurring, in a certain chapter. I can't promise a happy ending to this story, because life itself is rarely so generous. But I can promise that you will see sincere tears, real struggles, and the glimmer of friendship that still shines stubbornly amidst the chaos. Ultimately, "Yesterday Again" does not teach us how to go back to the past, but invites us to stare at the past and then move forward better with a little courage and clarity drawn from the shade of the camphor tree. May we all be able to reunite with the important people in our own time in a better season.

This book "Yesterday Come Again" uses a fresh and gentle writing style to bring readers back to that campus summer full of vows and the fragrance of camphor trees. Three girls born on the same day in the same year and month - Lin Su'an, Gu Qingyan, and Shen Qiutang, formed a covenant of "lifelong friendship first" under the camphor tree, but they also experienced the first shock of their friendship on the eve of graduation. This kind of opening not only carries the unique sense of romantic ritual of youth literature, but also buries the inevitable cracks between reality and growth early on. The "ten-year agreement" is not only a time anchor in the story, but also a promise that everyone has made in their youth but dare not ask deeply. The author "Xue Miao Weiyang" is obviously good at managing delicate emotional atmospheres and character relationships. Under the labels of "youth sweet pet" and "campus secret love", what really touches people may be the loyalty and test of friendship - when love, future, and self-awareness appear one by one, how can the once indestructible "iron triangle" find each other's position again in the storm of growth? Judging from the updated content, the story structure is clear and the pace is brisk. It is suitable for readers who like fresh campus narratives and attach importance to the portrayal of character relationships. If you have ever had a "promise under the tree", or a threesome that still makes you smile when you think of it, then this book may take you back to that time when the sun was slightly drunk and the vows were solemn. I look forward to the author continuing to unfold the ten-year journey of these three girls, and also looking forward to reading the gentle answer to "how to move forward today" in the narrative of "Yesterday Come Again".