It wasn't until a phone call that "he and his wife went home three days after their wedding" that her world was shattered.
When she was at her most embarrassed, it was her boyfriend's brother Gu Wei who caught her.
He called her "Little Orange", shared a bowl of noodles with her, and cherished the crooked scarf she knitted.
But when she mustered up the courage to confess, she received a cold "no" in return.
Chengzi would never know that he restrained himself for her for seven hours and thirty-eight minutes in the hotel that night.
And the crystal bracelet she gave him has been close to his heart ever since, hiding it for the rest of his life.
Purpose: This book deeply explores the true meaning of "love and protection" through a love story full of regret and restraint. It tells the story of two equally lonely and scarred souls who are attracted to each other but keep missing each other, and ultimately illustrates: the deepest love sometimes involves letting go rather than possessing; the brightest star is not others, but the powerful self that finally learns to protect and illuminate itself after being broken.