The Rain Stopped

Xie Ning is the perfect template in everyone's eyes. Being among the top three in grade, winning prizes in competitions, being praised by teachers, and making parents proud. She lives her life like a polished chess piece, tightly embedded in other people's expectations. It wasn't until her sophomore year in high school that she met Fang Xu. The taciturn young man sitting in the back row of the classroom always looked at her with something she couldn't understand - It's like staring at a lost and found person after a long period of time. She couldn't help but get closer, and then fled in embarrassment as her heartbeat quickened. She wanted to say "Have we met before", but she only dared to swallow these words. Later, she became ill. Emotions were like out-of-control tides, repeatedly throwing her into the clouds of excitement and then into the cold deep sea. She began to forget many things—— Forget about the archery range during the autumn outing, the laughter with friends, and even the words I once said to a boy, "Wait until we pass the No. 1 High school exam together." But she remembered the taste of the orange candy. I remember the warmth of his fingertips when he handed it over. And Fang Xu remembered it from beginning to end. I remember she was Xie Youqing, I remembered the cactus on her windowsill, and I remembered that on the day she moved, he climbed up the window and broke his knee, waiting all night in the heavy rain. I also remember what her mother said on the phone after the reunion—— "Know your place and don't disturb her." He returned the umbrella she gave him. She kept the medical bills she paid anonymously in her heart but kept silent. Before she was abandoned by everyone, he hid himself in deeper silence. They all thought that keeping a distance was to protect each other. Until that summer came, she left behind an unsigned letter and a melted candy. "It turns out that she always remembered that the candy was sweet." "She made me live a good life." But she is no longer here. Food Guide Two places, BE (tragic ending), dual perspective narrative A genius boy who is cold on the outside but warm on the inside and lovingly protected × a fragile top student who is crushed by the shackles of "perfection" Two-way secret love · Extreme pulling · The male protagonist is super in love · Youth tragedy aesthetics Involving adolescent mental health (bipolar disorder), abuse, and looking for candy in glass shards It's not a sweet pet, it's not a cool novel, it's a story about "too late to tell" Intention: When "for your own good" becomes a shackle, "perfect" becomes the epitaph of youth.