Redemption | Growing Up | Reunion | School Life
“Long time no see, Wu Xiaolan.”
“Long time no see, Duan Xu Qiu.”
At fourteen, Wu Xiaolan was a troubled, hurting girl who didn't know what kind of person she wanted to become. She stumbled along, imitating the outstanding people around her, but like Dongshi imitating Xishi, she never won love or affection. At fourteen, Wu Xiaolan met Duan Xu Qiu. She envied and admired the boy, and had a crush on him. She resolved to become someone like him, never realizing that others already admired and loved her, too.
Back to age fourteen, a sensitive and painful adolescence. Wu Xiaolan was immersed in Mary Sue novels, dreaming that if she were simply kind and good, the world would treat her well. An ordinary girl with average grades, an average appearance, and no particular talents spent the long year of being fourteen amid pain and struggle.
What does someone born deep in the mud have to do to turn a terrible hand into a miracle? Until she turned fifteen, Wu Xiaolan kept thinking about that question.
“I don't want to be trapped here.”
“Wu Xiaolan, I'll always stay by your side.”
The coming-of-age story of an unseen boy: a tale of struggle, destruction, rebirth, companionship, growth, and reunion.
