The old locust tree in front of No. 1 Middle School in Tangcheng witnessed the youthful bond of six teenagers. Transfer students and their friends get to know each other here, from making up homework, sharing their thoughts to making an agreement - on the day of the college entrance examination, they will gather under this locust tree until dark, and no one is allowed to be absent.
But the reality is that it is always difficult to fulfill the wish: family members were injured, arrangements to go abroad, and family financial pressure made this first "Sophora Appointment" a failure. When they were in college, the six of them went to different cities for studies, internships and family changes. Let the promise of "renewal" gradually become blurred.
Entering the workplace, the weight of life pulls everyone to different trajectories: some stay where they are to take care of their families, some are deeply involved in professional fields, and some return to their hometowns. Three years later, the six people reunited in Tangcheng for a memorial service. The old locust trees were still lush and leafy, and the locust flowers covered the ground, but it was no longer possible to gather the people from back then. In the end, there was only an empty shadow left under the locust tree, and the unfulfilled promise became a youthful regret diluted by time.
Purpose: Taking the "Unattended Sophora Appointment" as a guide, write about the regrets and growth of youth in the fork in the road of reality.