When the Wind Blows, Flowers Bloom for You

Chu Zhiyi×Xu Ji "When the wind blows, there are always people who will go against the wind, just to protect the sound of a flower blooming." Fifteen-year-old Chu Zhiyi is the quietest shadow in the class. She always huddles in the back row of the classroom and builds a castle with textbooks. The day Xu Ji transferred to another school, there was a strong wind in late spring, which blew away the catkins all over the campus, and also blew open the textbook title page that Chu Zhi had hidden her face in. There was a secret hidden there that she did not dare to reveal to others: the whole page was filled with the profile of the same person. "The painting is good," Xu Ji tapped the paper with his fingertips, his voice was clear and wind-swept, "But the light and shadow are wrong." From then on, Xu Ji became the most contradictory existence in Chu Zhiyi's world. She would take away the drawing that Chu Zhiyi was always correcting and say, "The first impulse is the most precious, don't change it." She would shout for Xu Ji from the sidelines of the basketball court and pretend to be just passing by. She would also use the light of her mobile phone to speak code words that only each other could understand in the middle of the night across the balcony of the dormitory. On the eve of the college entrance examination, a typhoon passed through. Chu Zhiyi found Xu Ji in the studio, and what she mustered up her life's courage to say was: "Let's go to the same university." Xu Ji looked out the window in silence at the wind-broken gardenia tree, and finally handed him an umbrella: "Go back first." After that night, Xu Ji disappeared - he did not take the college entrance examination and left no contact information. Only Chu Zhiyi's schoolbag contained a sketchbook full of wind and flowers. The last page said: "Wait for the wind to stop, and wait for the flowers to bloom." Seven years is enough time for the wind to take away all traces. Chu Zhiyi has become a well-known graphic designer in the industry, and is accustomed to using precise grids and proportions to build safe worlds. Xu Ji shocked the art world with a series of paintings with the theme of "Wind and Flowers". It is difficult to get a ticket for the exhibition, but he is mysterious and low-key. For a commercial project with the theme of "Campus Memory", Party A requested Xu Ji's original painting to be paired with Chu Zhiyi's design. Reunion at the project kick-off meeting. Outside the glass curtain wall, it was another windy day in late spring. "Junior designer," Xu Ji stretched out his hand, his fingertips slightly cold, "please give me some advice." On her ring finger, she still wears a ring that she first made out of grass stems when she was in high school. It has long since withered and faded, but it still fits well. The plan book spread out on the conference table had its pages messed up by the wind, revealing the sketch that Chu Zhiyi had just drawn last night - a gardenia still blooming in the strong wind. "The wind hasn't stopped yet," Xu Ji said softly, his eyes traveling through seven years and falling on Chu Zhiyi's suddenly red eyes, "but the flowers have already bloomed." Purpose: To protect the original heartbeat in the strong wind of time, and to find the courage to fight against all odds amidst the rules of the adult world.