This is a modern romance novel focusing on Lin Yan and Jiang Peiyan. It starts from the campus and connects the throbbing of youth with the heaviness of reality.
Due to family changes, Lin Yan has endured the violence of her alcoholic father for a long time, and her heart is sensitive and fragile; Jiang Peiyan looks cold on the outside, but is actually warm inside. He approaches Lin Yan in a joking way at first, but gradually becomes attracted to her tenacity as they get along. From the secret tacit understanding in the examination room to the standing up in the old alley, he becomes the glimmer of light that illuminates Lin Yan's dark life. The two became connected because of a pair of copper bells that carried the friendship of their ancestors. In the banter under the locust tree and the sweetness of the sugar water shop, their love quietly grew. Jiang Peiyan's protection made Linyan feel the warmth of being cherished for the first time.
However, the shackles of reality are ultimately difficult to break free from. Linyan's family dilemma is like an invisible cage. Her father's violence and the pressure of life make her always live in fear. Although Jiang Peiyan tried his best to pull her out of the quagmire, he could not withstand the cruelty of reality. Perhaps Lin Yan chose to leave voluntarily in order to protect Jiang Peiyan from being burdened by her family, or perhaps an unexpected change separated the two. In the end, this relationship that began with youthful throbbing failed to withstand the arrangement of fate.
The ending is fixed in BE: the copper bells that once symbolized the bond were scattered everywhere, the promise under the locust tree became an empty promise, Jiang Peiyan could no longer wait for the girl who needed his protection, and Lin Yan's "return date" finally became forever late, leaving only a youthful memory with regret and pain, quietly gathering dust in time.
Purpose: campus romance
