Yi Huaiwang never thought that the words he dared not say when he was twenty would be spoken by another person first when he was twenty-six.
In college, he was an "invisible man" in the department and spent three years silently falling in love with basketball captain Chen Heming. They would pretend to read a book on the sidelines of the court, they would "encounter" by chance in the cafeteria, and they would hand each other a bottle of water when they were falling in love - but they would never dare to say it out loud. After graduation, he worked as a community librarian and lived a peaceful life but always felt that something was missing.
Chen Heming is a dazzling presence, basketball captain, and a god in the eyes of girls. After graduation, he joined a real estate company and worked his way up to the position of project director, enjoying great success. But only he knew that he had fallen in love several times over the years, and each time he would instinctively shrink back when the other person wanted to get closer.
Until that day, Chen Heming showed up at the community library and said, "I heard you work here. Come and apply for a library card."
This is not an "ugly duckling turns into a swan" story. This is a story about "accepting oneself" - Yi Huaiwang needs to understand that it is not that he is not worthy of anyone, but he has not learned to like himself. Chen Heming needs to understand that true strength is not how many people like him, but the courage to like the imperfect self.
After waiting for ten years, I finally waited for you to come to me.
