I Was Accosted by an Athletic Student from Tiancai, Who Turned Out to Be a Straight Man.

[Straight man, sports student, pure love, reality, sadomasochism, reunion, open ending] From 2017 to 2026, a flowering period spanning nine years. Jiang Xi: I thought my university would be peaceful - I had been squeezed out by others, and I had managed it alone. He didn't need anyone. Until Xiao Shaotang appeared on the edge of the tennis court and picked up the ball he had knocked away. One is slow and enthusiastic, the other is sober and self-possessed. From tennis to long-distance running, from the bathhouse to the playground, the two see different worlds in each other. But they weren't the only color from that era. Yu Tianqing stood outside all the lines, watching, silent, and telling everyone the truth, until he himself walked into the increasingly tight net. The relationship between the three people was brought to the forefront on campus in 2017, and then they dispersed before the times accelerated. Some choose the military, some repeat a grade and change majors, and some go to the podium. In 2019, Xiao Shaotang's decision came true; in 2020, the epidemic cut off many things; after 2022, they saw each other again in different locations. This is not a story about "being together." It is about how a group of people learn to change love from "possession" to "fulfilment" after adulthood, and how after walking on their chosen routes, they find that the lights at the terminal are still on. Xiao Yong, Jiang Lie, Shao Xia - their parents' generations also experienced their own awakening and collapse in this era. Their looseness and cracks also formed a part of these nine years. Withering will turn into waiting, and waiting will turn into new land