Lin Yan is nineteen years old and a freshman in A.
He is handsome and has a quiet personality. On the first day of school, his family drove him to school in a luxury car, but he worked part-time at an off-campus coffee shop. Someone saw the car and his old washed clothes, so rumors started to spread - "The family is rich and you still work part-time?" "Isn't he being kept?"
But Lin Yan wouldn't explain.
Growing up, what he was taught the most was not to trouble others, not to waste money, and not to be too sensitive. His parents favored their three-year-old brother, but they only gave him a monthly living allowance of 1,000 yuan. He asked for help, but in exchange he only asked, "Why don't others spread rumors about others?"
Until he met 409 and Shen Yan.
Shen Yan is cold on the surface, but he hides his preference in every detail: bringing him food, waiting for him to get off work, accompanying him to face rumors, and guiding him back to life again and again when he is dragged by the darkness.
Lin Yan thought it was sympathy, but he didn't know that Shen Yan had remembered the boy who wanted to hide but still shined as early as in the high school competition.
Later, Lin Yan finally broke down and questioned his parents: "You are parents for the first time, but I am also a child for the first time."
After that, he began to learn to say pain, reject and accept love, and also learned to like someone.
On New Year's Eve, he said to Shen Yan under the night light:
"I like you."
Not because you saved me, but because when I saw you, I wanted to be close to you.
Purpose: Real growth is not to stop hurting, but to still believe that one is worthy of being loved after pain; love is not to save, but to accompany a person back to life.