Everlasting Admiration

When the sycamore leaves in late autumn were all gone, Luo Jingxuan met Zhou Ziheng. One is a model student who is accustomed to exchanging excellent grades for a sense of security and grew up under strict family rules. He is gentle and reserved on the surface, but in his heart there is an undercurrent of desire to break free from the shackles. One is a seemingly sunny and carefree sports student who is known as a "human-shaped stupid dog". Behind his bright smile is a childhood where his parents were absent for a long time, and his obsession with constantly "getting stronger" to fill the hole in his heart. At the beginning of the first year of high school, a misunderstanding started with the "Humanoid Garbage Making Machine", which made Luo Jingxuan avoid Zhou Ziheng. However, fate has already laid a foreshadowing - in the dark alley ten years ago, the boy from the neighboring school who stood up to protect the bullied child was now the classmate who gave him a headache. From the canteen club to the library's helping hand, from the unexpected hug in a horror movie to the exclusive drink on the basketball court, under the appearance of alienation, two hearts are getting closer silently. After becoming neighbors in the first semester of high school, their daily interactions with each other catalyzed the fermentation of secret love. The clumsy confession letter was delivered in the rain, the first kiss under the ginkgo tree confirmed the relationship, and the dusty childhood memories were also revealed: it turned out that they had already been the saviors of each other's fate. As the relationship deepens, the full picture of the two families gradually emerges: Luo Jingxuan walks on thin ice between his father's strict expectations and his mother's submissive silence; Zhou Ziheng grows up alone in an "open family" with abundant materials but absent emotions. The process of exposing each other's scars makes their connection transcend simple love and become the emotional support that each other is missing. The love period in the second year of high school was sweet but uneasy, and the reconciliation after the first quarrel made the relationship stronger. Zhou Ziheng began to work hard for the future, while Luo Jingxuan quietly determined his ambition to study medicine after witnessing the illness of his relatives. However, undercurrents are building up - Zhou Ziheng's parents' work focus has shifted overseas, and the uncertainty of the family's future is like the sword of Damocles hanging above their heads. The turning point came suddenly in the second semester of high school. Zhou Ziheng's most beloved grandfather suddenly became seriously ill and needed to go overseas for long-term treatment. Under the multiple pressures of law, family, and reality, Zhou Ziheng faced a cruel choice: staying in China meant giving up his grandfather's best treatment opportunity and completely breaking up the relationship with his family; going abroad with his family meant leaving the lover he had just held and facing the unknown life in a foreign country and a long separation. Luo Jingxuan made the most difficult decision in pain - taking the initiative to push Zhou Ziheng's hand away. "I'm not giving up on you, I'm letting you fly. You deserve a better future, and I can't be the weight on your wings." The breakup hug on a rainy night, the unshowed farewell at the airport, the decision to completely cut off contact... At the age of eighteen, they learned the adult lesson of "love is fulfillment" in the most painful way. In the two years since they broke off, the two of them have been growing up in a parallel world: Zhou Ziheng was admitted to a top polytechnic university overseas, and his basketball talent was discovered by an NCAA team; Luo Jingxuan entered medical school with excellent results and made a name for himself in the field of sports medicine. They have all become better people, but they have never forgotten that unforgettable first love. Until one day many years later, under the lights of the emergency room, Luo Jingxuan, wearing a white coat, opened the door of the consulting room and looked up to see the familiar figure on the diagnosis bed—— "Patient Zhou Ziheng, 26 years old, professional basketball player, suspected of Achilles tendon tear." Eyes facing each other, time goes back. The grand and painful parting in youth turned out to be just to teach them: some love, even if it is dusted by years, blocked by distance, and tested by reality, will still be reborn at some point and remain as long as ever. "Eternal Admiration" is not only a story about first love, but also an epic of youth growth. It tells how two imperfect teenagers redeemed each other, how they learned love and responsibility in sweetness and pain, and how they crossed time and distance and came back to each other after each grew into a better person. Because we were separated, we will eventually meet again. Because we loved deeply, we deserve to be loved. Because you are my eternal admiration, the brightest light in my youth, and the hand I want to hold for the rest of my life. This story is about first love, about growth, about regrets, and even more about - after becoming a good enough self, you still have the courage to say to that person: "Long time no see, I still love you." Purpose: True love makes people brave, not possessive; it makes people grow, not stay.