Shen Zhi had known since childhood that a girl like her, sensitive, insecure, and flawed, would never have a passionate, unforgettable romance in her youth.
And yet she met two boys.
She fell for one for three years, then let go as soon as she learned he was in a relationship.
The other treated her well for two years, but on graduation day, all he said was, “Forget it.”
Neither the person she had loved nor the person who had loved her ever made it to her side.
Years later, she heard that this September, she might reunite with someone from her past.
She wrote this story down: if the gardenias bloom again, will the answer left unfinished ever come?
Theme: A sensitive, insecure girl experiences two kinds of being seen during her youth: one by someone she looks up to but never touches, and one that quietly settles upon her without her noticing. In the end, she slowly comes to understand that someone like her is worthy of being loved, too.
