Fourteen-year-old Cen Shu stared at the roasted sweet potato stand, his pockets empty.
Twenty-three-year-old Cen Shu looked at the roses in the trunk and thought, These are all mine.
When he was fourteen, Cen Shu met Pei Jiming outside school. Pei Jiming claimed to be his uncle. Only then did Cen Shu learn that his mother had been adopted by Pei Jiming's parents.
His mother had already severed ties with her adoptive parents, and in the end, she chose to leave Cen Shu and their home, too.
When Cen Shu had nowhere else to turn, Pei Jiming lent him a hand. But little by little, Cen Shu realized his feelings were not entirely innocent.
After an accident when he was eighteen, he chose to run away even more completely.
But leaving was no answer. Gradually, he came to realize that he wasn't the only one trapped in this predicament.
Theme: Life is closer than it seems.
