Su Qiutong's eighteen-year-old life was gripped by shadows.
The lingering malice in the corridors of high school and the harassment from teachers with fake care were like moist moss, crawling over his world bit by bit. He shrank into his own shell, even breathing softly, not daring to resist or speak out, just waiting to be completely submerged.
Until Jiang Hanwu broke through the darkness and stood in front of him against the light.
The young man's shoulders blocked all prying eyes and bullying, and the words "don't touch him" were like a key, unexpectedly prying open Su Qiutong's closed heart. He looked at Jiang Hanwu's side face, and his heart beat wildly in his chest - it turned out that there was really someone who would stand up for him. He thought this was the first light in his life, love at first sight without any warning.
But he didn't know that this heartbeat had been foreshadowed four years ago.
Jiang Hanwu, a boy who was bullied in junior high school, was once trapped in the quagmire like him. It was Su Qiutong, who was as quiet as a shadow, who quietly slipped him a note saying "You have to be brave". When he was blocked in the corner, she held on to her only courage and stood in front of him.
At that moment, Jiang Hanwu's heartbeat also became chaotic.
He remembered the young man with clear eyebrows and the only tenderness in the darkness. From then on, he had wishful thinking and never forgot it.
Transferring schools, losing contact, asking around... He had been looking for him for four whole years.
From one city to another, from junior high school to high school with school uniforms, he was like holding a fragile star, and finally found the person he fell in love with at first sight again at the intersection full of sycamore leaves.
It turned out that it was not a sudden redemption, but a long-awaited reunion that spanned four years and went in both directions.
You once saved me from the abyss, now, let me be your light.
Purpose: Tell readers to resist bullying when encountering it