——To our unspoken "I need you"
The September wind in Jiangcheng blew the albizia flowers all over the ground in No. 1 Middle School.
Yi Miao and Song Jin were classmates. One was quiet and restrained, the other cold and rational. They were obviously in the same grade, but they were like two parallel lines - until the "Plant Illustrated Book" and an unsent "Agreement Note" pulled them into each other's lives.
Yi Miao is an ordinary student in the class. He is left-handed and has a light scar on his left eyebrow bone. His pheromone is white double-petaled hibiscus mixed with the bittersweet taste of Yoshino cherry. He has a habit of swallowing all his grievances, saying "I'm fine" to everyone, treating Song Jin's "plan" as a "life-saving straw", drawing stars on the table, and writing "Senior Song helped me with my math today" and "Senior Song brought me hot milk", as if collecting evidence of "being loved".
Song Jin is the squad leader, Enigma, and the pheromone is the coolness of deep sea salt rock mixed with fir trees. He was accustomed to using "plans" to frame his life, and wrote "going to the same university as Yi Miao" in his arrangements for the next five years, but he never asked Yi Miao "if she wanted to go together."
Until the night when her stepmother tore up the admission notice from University A, Yi Miao put the "Agreement Note" into the "Plant Illustrated Book" and left without saying goodbye.
Song Jin searched for him for seven years, from the age of 18 to 25. He drew the "plan" as a "missing person notice" and circled the words "A University" until the paper was transparent.
Seven years later, the laboratory of the Department of Biology of University A.
As a new lecturer, Yi Miao introduced the equipment to Song Jin, who stayed at the school as a counselor.
Song Jin held up the "Illustrated Book of Plants" and dropped out a folded note - the "Agreement Note" written by Yi Miao but not sent.
"Song Jin, I really want to tell you, I'm afraid that you will be implicated, I'm afraid that you think I'm dirty..."
Yi Miao's tears fell on the page, blurring a blur of ink.
Song Jin reached out and hugged him, his voice choked with sobs: "Yi Miao, I have been looking for you for seven years. During these seven years, I have been thinking every day why you didn't tell me. Now I understand, you are afraid that I will be hurt, but you don't know, I am even more afraid of... Losing you."
This is a story about "being in the same grade, not familiar with each other, and the fear of not telling the truth" and "seven years of searching".
There are no fierce conflicts, no bloody misunderstandings, just the smooth daily life and those unspoken "I need you".
From "unfamiliar classmates" to "gradual dependence", from "fear of becoming a burden" to "leaving without saying goodbye", from "seven years of search" to "reunion and redemption".
Slow but long lasting.
They loved each other so much, but they missed each other for seven years because of "fear".
Fortunately, in the end, they learned to speak out and turned the "unfinished agreement" into a "lifelong companionship."
Intention: Between "the fear of not telling the truth" and "taking time to learn to speak out", write a journey of redemption from "fear of becoming a burden" to "dare to be loved".