Narcissus, time travel, suspenseful emotions, two-way redemption, age difference, healing, open ending.
When Shen Ci was 18 years old, a strange man moved into the village.
His name is Shen Jin, he is 28 years old, lives alone and doesn't like to talk. But he knew what Shen Ci liked to eat, knew what he was afraid of, and knew that he would have nightmares in the middle of the night. The way he looked at Shen Ci was like looking at a lost treasure.
Shen Ci didn't understand why.
Until that day, he saw Shen Jin standing in front of his house, looking at the people in the yard, his eyes red.
"Do you know me?" Shen Ci asked.
Shen Jin was silent for a long time and said, "We know each other."
"How long?"
"Longer than you think."
Later, Shen Ci discovered that Shen Jin was always secretly helping his family - helping his sister, helping him, and helping his taciturn mother. But every time Shen Ci wanted to get closer, he would hide.
"Why are you avoiding me?"
"Because you're not supposed to know someone like me."
Shen Ci didn't believe it. He got closer and tested little by little, until that night, he forced Shen Jin into the corner and asked him the last question:
"You are me. You are my future self. Right?"
Shen Jin said nothing.
But he didn't deny it.
The first thing Shen Ci did was not to ask what happened in the future - but to reach out and hug him. "Why do you live like this?" Shen Ci asked, "Why are you so sad for me in the future?"
If one day you met your 18-year-old self, what would you do?
——I will hug him.
——Tell him that no matter what happens, he can handle it.
