In the autumn of 2024, 19-year-old Shen Shixu was admitted to Jiangcheng University. He has a kind grandfather, a silent grandfather, a caring father, a lively sister, and a lively family of fifteen.
He didn't know that fate only had one month left for him.
In October, grandpa passed away. In early November, my grandfather passed away. In mid-November, my father passed away. In late November, my sister passed away.
Four funerals in one month.
Shen Shixu knelt in the funeral parlor, looking at the four portraits placed side by side, and could no longer stand up.
Severe depression, severe anxiety disorder, suspension from school.
He locked himself in a room with the curtains always closed. No talking, no eating, no sleeping. His mother was crying outside the door, and relatives took turns coming to accompany him, but he was still falling and no one could hold him back.
It wasn't until the fall of the next year that he made a decision: to return to school.
It's not because I'm better, I just think: I have to do something before I die.
Then in the library, he met a girl. She didn't say "It's going to be okay," she just squatted down when he had a panic attack and whispered, "Breathe, slow down, I'll wait for you."
That was the first time he saw light after losing everyone.
This is a story about loss, but also a story about "how to continue after loss." There is no miraculous recovery, just an ordinary person, walking step by step in the long dark night towards the spring that comes late but will eventually come.
That winter, he lost the whole world. Later in the spring, someone waited with him for a long, long time.
Concept: In the deepest darkness, love is the only light.