Synopsis of "It Snowed Very Heavy That Day (Part 1)"
Core plot: Wen Yiyan's one-way secret love for Xie Qian from the age of 18 to 25, from the beginning of love to the crushing of obsession by reality, Jiang Yanran's strong obstruction throughout, laying out the emotions and plot foreshadowing for the final tragic ending.
Characters: the heroine Wen Yiyan (a writer, quiet and sensitive, with a humble love); the hero Xie Qian (3 years older than Wen Yiyan, outstanding and dazzling, unaware of Wen Yiyan's intentions); the female supporting character Jiang Yanran (Wen Yiyan's arch-enemy, flamboyant and strong, fell in love with Xie Qian until they got married, and tried her best to prevent Wen Yiyan from getting close to Xie Qian).
Part One: Heart-warming first encounter, budding secret love (18 years old)
1. First encounter in Wutong Lane at the end of autumn: Xie Qian helped Wen Yiyan when he was picking up a collection of poems. When they first met, he was attracted by his gentleness and dazzling, and his heart beat out of control. This was the starting point of his secret love.
2. Knowing the identity and gap: Knowing that Xie Qian is a junior at the university next door, a man of the hour, and that he has the dazzling Jiang Yanran beside him, Jiang Yanran showed hostility when she first saw the way Wen Yiyan looked at Xie Qian.
3. Secret attention: Wen Yiyan began to deliberately take detours to watch Xie Qian's basketball games. He did not dare to get close, but only dared to watch from a distance. He wrote down Xie Qian's detailed appearance in his notebook, opening up the time of hiding his thoughts in words.
Part 2: So far away, so secretly in love (19-21 years old)
1. Wen Yiyan was admitted to the same school, but still alienated: At the age of 19, Wen Yiyan was admitted to Xie Qian's university, and had the opportunity to meet by chance. When they met in the library and cafeteria, they could only watch silently; Jiang Yanran mocked and warned in public, and Wen Yiyan's secret love became embarrassing, but she was unwilling to give up.
2. The beginning of writing: Wen Yiyan published an article under the pseudonym "Yiyan". The girl in the article was worried about Xie Qian. She gradually gained readers, but she did not dare to reveal her true form; after Xie Qian graduated from college, Wen Yiyan prepared a gift but because Jiang Yanran backed away, the gift was hidden together with his thoughts.
3. Xie Qian graduated, secretly fell in love with him: At the age of 20, Xie Qian graduated and stayed in the city to work. Wen Yiyan continued to study in school, and occasionally met Xie Qian in Wutong Lane.
4. Becoming famous and being called famous for the first time: At the age of 21, Wen Yiyan became a well-known writer, and his collection of essays was published; he met Xie Qian by chance at a book signing, and he clearly called out her name for the first time and praised her writing. Wen Yiyan was very excited, thinking that there was a glimmer of possibility.
Part Three: Strong obstruction, forced to hide (22 years old)
1. Jiang Yanran's head-on showdown: Jiang Yanran went to Wen Yiyan's studio and revealed that the male protagonist in her text was Xie Qian. She threatened her with ruin and reputation, forcing her to stay away from Xie Qian and delete all her texts about Xie Qian.
2. Helpless compromise: Wen Yiyan was well aware of Jiang Yanran's methods, so he was forced to delete the manuscripts on his computer, hide his notebooks, and deliberately avoid all places where he might meet Xie Qian. Wutong Lane and class reunions were taboo.
3. The writing changed: Wen Yiyan locked himself in the studio to write, and the words he wrote lost their former tenderness and became bitter and depressing. Secret love changed from "a hidden light" to "a pain that I dare not touch".
Part 4: Obsession is hard to break, hope gradually disappears (23-24 years old)
1. Hearing Sweetness, Heartache: 23-year-old Wen Yiyan became a well-known writer, and his love novels made readers cry, but he had never been in love; he heard from friends that Xie Qian and Jiang Yanran were in a stable relationship and were about to get engaged, but he was filled with bitterness but had nowhere to express it.
2. Double physical and mental exhaustion: Long-term secret love and depression caused Wen Yiyan to suffer from insomnia, loss of appetite, and physical deterioration. At night, she repeatedly thought about everything she had with Xie Qian, and fell into self-pulling. Her obsession became deeper and deeper, but her hope became increasingly slim.
3. Proposal news, the final blow: 24-year-old Xie Qian proposed to Jiang Yanran. The news spread throughout the circle of classmates. Wen Yiyan received the invitation to the engagement party but did not dare to go and cried alone for a day; he wrote the last book on secret love, "Unspoken Confession". The tragic ending mirrored his own life, admitting that some love is destined to be fruitless from the beginning.
Part Five: Finale of the Wedding, Collapse of Obsession (25 years old)
1. Receiving a wedding invitation: After Wen Yiyan's birthday, she received a wedding invitation from Xie Qian and Jiang Yanran. The gilded names and wedding photos made her eyes hurt. Thinking of her seven-year secret love, she felt desolate.
2. The last warning before the wedding: Jiang Yanran called the day before the wedding and threatened to regret it for the rest of her life, banning Wen Yiyan from attending. Her tone was full of the pride of a winner.
3. It was snowing all over the sky, so she insisted on going: It was snowing heavily on the wedding day, but Wen Yiyan couldn't help but go. She stood outside the hotel door wearing simple clothes and watched the excitement and sweetness inside through the glass.
4. The last look was completely heartbreaking: Jiang Yanran noticed her presence and deliberately declared her sovereignty intimately with Xie Qian;
5. Leaving in the snow and returning to the empty house: Wen Yiyan fully understood that her seven-year crush was just a one-man show, so she turned around and walked in the snow, no one cared about her; when she returned to her small apartment, the warmth in the house was in sharp contrast to the coldness at the moment.
6. Ending foreshadowing: Wen Yiyan made hot coffee but did not drink it. He looked at the heavy snow outside the window and recalled every moment of the past seven years. He walked to the desk and turned on the computer, found the hidden backup of Xie Qian's related text, created a new document and typed the opening chapter. The heavy snow remained, and the temperature in his heart completely dissipated, leaving strong emotions for the subsequent suicide ending.
Purpose: live a good life