[Gentle, composed university lecturer & devoted national badminton player]
When Shi Yunuan was nine, new neighbors moved in across the street.
When she was seventeen, the neighbor across the street was left all alone.
On the day they broke up, she stayed in her hotel room, trying to process her emotions by herself.
As promised, she watched his match livestream and saw him fight hard to win.
She sent him two words: “Congratulations.”
Words could convey feelings.
The next afternoon, she saw him at her hotel, not long after his match had ended.
He asked her, “Would you treat me to a meal to celebrate?”
She said, “If a withered tree can bloom again in spring, then Bingchun can too.”
Later, he wrote in a letter:
“I had been lost in a barren, endless night until you came carrying the light. From then on, all the frost and hardship melted away.”
“Even in the bitterest winter, a beam of warmth will lead us toward the next spring.”
Heroine: Shi Yunuan
Hero: Yan Bingchun
Age gap: 2 years
