When the Tide Whispers

In the midsummer of sixteen years old, when the sycamore leaves rustled on the playground, Lin Wei met Jiang Yao for the first time. She is his senior sister, the only light in his exhausted studies, and the heartbeat he hides in the collar of his school uniform and dare not express. She would write "Come on" on his report card, hand him warm milk on rainy nights, and squat on the rooftop to gently wipe away his tears. He thought this tenderness was a preference that only belonged to him, until he saw her smiling the same way towards others. After changing classes, living in school, hiding behind a tree and watching her wait for the sunset all afternoon, he tried his best to escape, but in the end he couldn't escape her "worry". The boy's heartbeat was like a tide, rising and falling, falling and rising again, rising and falling for her throughout his life. He has been waiting for her all his life, from the youthful campus to the old hospital bed. She was divorced, single, and gave him all her tenderness, but she still refused to give him the word "love" or a name. He held the fruit candies she gave him and watched her hands slowly grow colder as he grew older from boyhood to white hair, and then he heard the words "I love you" half a lifetime later. But by then, the tide had stopped and the heartbeat had ended. "When the Tide Whispers" is a love letter written by Lin Wei throughout his life. There is no perfection, no redemption, only love as low as dust, and a miss that spans half a lifetime. He said: "I am waiting for you willingly." She said: "I'm sorry for keeping you waiting for so long." When the tide whispers, it is his lifelong obsession. Purpose: To tell a story about a teenage secret love that started as a lie and ended up being missed, to explore the restraint and regret of young heartbeat, as well as the extremely heart-wrenching emotion of "not being able to get love and waiting for a lifetime", and to convey the sense of fate that "some encounters are destined to be missed, and some loves can only be hidden in the heart".