"When roses covered the low wall, the wind turned unspoken thoughts into poetry."
A cool, quiet, soft-spoken beauty with a frail constitution x a gentle, sunny, heaven-blessed young man
1.
There was a low wall beneath Zhu Ling's apartment building.
The summer before her first year of high school, she met He Sheng for the first time. She accidentally heard him say he liked roses, so she planted rose seeds beneath the wall herself.
Over the next three years of high school, the roses grew wildly, long since covering the wall.
Just like the love for He Sheng that she had quietly kept in her heart for three years.
2.
The only bold thing Zhu Ling ever did was gather the courage to take a Polaroid with him on graduation day.
Though the two of them had barely interacted, the boy smiled and agreed.
A petal fell onto her head. He Sheng noticed it and reached up to brush it away.
Zhu Ling sensed the movement beside her and looked up at him. The moment their eyes met, her heart seemed to miss a beat.
The flash went off, freezing that moment forever.
Knowing her own condition, Zhu Ling felt that even daring to love someone was a luxury. So after graduation, she chose to let go of this unrequited love.
3.
Thinking they would never cross paths again, they reunited at university.
At a club gathering, everyone got together to play Truth or Dare.
Zhu Ling drew a dare, and amid the group's teasing, went to ask He Sheng a question.
She drew a card from the other pile. It asked: What is your favorite flower?
Everyone thought it was such a boring question that he wouldn't answer, and they all urged Zhu Ling to drink instead.
Just then, a warm, clear voice came from beside her. "Roses."
The others wondered why. He Sheng looked up and met Zhu Ling's gaze.
"Because the language of roses is, 'I have fallen madly in love with you.'"
[Reader's Guide]
1. They are each other's first love, and both are inexperienced in love.
2. The female lead is in poor health and has congenital heart disease.
3. The story moves slowly. The first part takes place in high school, and the later part at university.
Theme: Love life and stay positive.
