At the age of eighteen, Yuan Yi was a bright young man with stars holding the moon, while Ji Xiaoyuan was the silent and gentle shadow behind him.
A long-planned confession resulted in a natural stay together. They thought that youth would last forever, and that holding hands would lead to a long life.
However, the young man's love was so dazzling that it eventually burned reality.
A sudden storm, a "decided escape" made to protect the other party.
Ji Xiaoyuan traveled across the ocean overnight and disappeared from the world; Yuan Yi stayed behind alone, surviving seven long years amid rumors.
"Farewell without saying goodbye was the last tenderness you gave me."
Seven years later, we reunited after a long separation.
The young boys back then have become upstarts in the industry, and they stand in front of each other again, separated by seven years of time and misunderstanding.
Can those difficulties of forced separation and those unspoken love still bloom flowers of rebirth on the ruins of time?
"Ji Xiaoyuan, if you dare to leave again this time, I really don't want you anymore."
"I have never forgotten you. Even if the memory fades, my love remains intact."
This is a reunion that spans time, and it is also an affectionate confession of two teenagers to each other seven years late.
Purpose: The core idea of "Remembering the Past" is to explore the resilience of love and self-salvation in growth. It tries to tell readers that true deep love is enough to transcend the gap of time and secular prejudice.
Through the ups and downs of fate before and after the seven years of Ji Xiaoyuan and Yuan Yi, the novel profoundly depicts how the love in boyhood was broken under the weight of reality, and how it was reborn in the precipitation of time. Seven years ago, their love was pure and impulsive, but they ended up escaping in the name of "protection" because they could not resist the resistance from the outside world. Seven years later, when the two reunited, the story was no longer just about the reconciliation of love, but also the process of how two independent individuals reconciled with the trauma of the past.
The work conveys a tenacious outlook on life: growth is often accompanied by labor pains, and those seemingly insurmountable misunderstandings and injuries will eventually become a closer bond between each other. Ji Xiaoyuan's forbearance and Yuan Yi's perseverance jointly interpret another form of love - it is not eternal sunshine, but still choosing to believe after going through wind and rain. The title of the book "Remaining Memories" is not only a clever combination of the protagonist's name, but also implies that the original and pure emotion never really dissipates, it is just sealed by time, waiting to be reopened.
Ultimately, what this work wants to express is: no matter how the world changes, as long as the "original memory" remains in the heart, there is the possibility of rekindling love.