That winter, Wen Jiaze, a rebellious young man who was suspended from classes due to demerits, met the most important "variable" in his life - chemistry teacher Yu Zixiao.
She is as innocent as the girl next door, but as sharp as a razor when delivering lectures. He is a "student" she has never met before. He is bold, hot, direct and sincere. She is an "adult" like he has never seen before: no evaluation, no definition, extremely selfless and dedicated in behavior, and extremely cold and professional in speech. Use "I know you better than you think" to penetrate all his pretense.
He wrote the first notebook in his life for her, and ended his confused life under her gaze. Between them, there were sudden laughter when they looked at each other, and there were also silent questions and answers in the silence. A boundary between "teacher and student", a definition of "emotion", completely revealed the unnamed emotions in the burning pain - it was not love, but something more deadly than love: it was the drowning man's survival by clinging to the driftwood, and the instinctive approach of the chaotic soul to pure light.
This is a story about salvation and self-salvation.
He has overcome the dangerous shoals of youth, and she has uncovered the myths of her profession.
In the end, he failed to become anyone to her, but he became a better version of himself because of her.
Many years later, they became true siblings and confidants, looking at each other from afar and watching each other at just the right distance.
——That is not the shape of love, that is the shape of light, the immortal mark left by life after it affects life.
The rest of my life will be marked by you.
Intent: A poetic interpretation of the essence of "education" - life affects life. The foundation of the story is the ultimate form of education. The education it shows is not the mechanical infusion of knowledge, but "one soul awakening another soul." A serious exploration of the realm of "emotion" - a profound connection beyond love. Is there really an advanced emotional state between opposite sexes that is difficult to define? A two-way writing of "growth" and "redemption" - a mirror image of each other's achievements. Growth is not one-way, but both parties gain redemption. An aesthetic tribute to "boundaries" and "restraint" - the profoundness that blooms within restrictions. This is the source of the story's tension and beauty. All surging emotions surge within the dam built by social identity, moral ethics, and personal rationality. It is this "insurmountable" that forces emotions to transform, purify, and sublime inward instead of venting, possessing, or destroying them outward.