In the summer when she turned eighteen, Chen Xiazhi did something she had been preparing for two years—confessed to the senior she had a crush on.
"You're nice, but we're not a good fit."
Eight words, light and airy, as if saying that the weather is good today. Later she found out that the senior was hanging on to three girls at the same time, and she was just one of them.
That summer, she felt like she had grown up all of a sudden. She put away her admission notice, dragged her suitcase to Haicheng, and packed herself into the student union, the drama club, and any place that could keep her busy. She wants everyone to think that Chen Xiazhi is the little sunshine who is always smiling.
Wang Junyi is a senior in the Department of Physics and has already interned at a technology company. He has a quiet and introverted character, and has not had a high sense of presence during his four years in college. But he had a secret - ever since the night of the welcome party, he had noticed the school girl who was shining on the stage and crying secretly in the audience.
One is a boy who can't express himself and says "I'm here" in the stupidest way.
One is a girl who can no longer believe it, and slowly learns to be loved again.
This is a story about "I've seen you a long time ago, but you just didn't know it". In the gentle sea breeze of Haicheng, in the busy daily life of the student union, the two people went from strangers to closeness, from ambiguity to confession, from a different place to reunion.
The meaning of running in both directions is - when I finally mustered up the courage to walk towards you, you had already run far, far away towards me.
