This is a narrative essay written from the perspective of Lin Yinqiu, a first-year junior high school girl, recording the complete four seasons from their acquaintance to Zhou Yuwei's breakup:
In early summer, the introverted Lin Yinqiu was invited by Zhou Yuwei holding a blue umbrella in a heavy rain. The two became friends due to the coincidence of "Qiu" and "Yu" in their names, and became inseparable.
I stood in front of the window and stretched out my fingers to catch the water drops falling from the eaves.
In the autumn, Zhou Yuwei asked Lin Yinqiu, who had received a perfect score in the math test, to change his score on the grounds that "the scores must be honest." The scores of the two were even. After that, Zhou Yuwei frequently took away Lin Yinqiu's pens, hairpins, notebooks and other personal belongings in the name of "borrowing". Most of them were borrowed but never returned, and secret cracks appeared in the relationship between the two.
In the winter and spring, Lin Yinqiu's grades continued to decline, but Zhou Yuwei's grades steadily increased. While she frequently asked Lin Yinqiu's scores in the name of "care" and emphasized that "it doesn't matter if she doesn't do well," she stayed with Lin Yinqiu more enthusiastically. Until the final results were announced, Lin Yinqiu fell out of the top 30 in her grade. Zhou Yuwei called and admitted that approaching her was to suppress her grades and make herself the first. The year-long pretense was completely shattered.
I stood in front of the window and stretched out my fingers to catch the water drops falling from the eaves. In the end, Lin Yinqiu completed her "turn around" by the window after the rain, put aside this consuming relationship, and noticed that the longevity flower that she had not taken care of for a long time was still alive and even sprouted buds, completing her self-awakening.
I stood in front of the window and stretched out my fingers to catch the water drops falling from the eaves.
Purpose: to expose the disguise of pseudo-friendship: the story breaks the stereotype that "friends must bring warmth" and shows a relationship that uses "closeness" as a means and "control and transcendence" as the purpose - those seemingly well-intentioned umbrellas, care, and companionship are essentially hunting arrangements, reminding readers to be wary of consumption in the name of love, and also points out that "trust and flattery without a bottom line will give others the opportunity to hurt themselves."
Interpreting the core of "turning around" in self-growth: "turning around" in the article is given two meanings: physically it is the half step from facing the window to turning away from the window, but psychologically it is the whole year from discovering cracks to completely letting go. The work wants to express: The farthest distance between people is never encounter or separation, but the transformation from "treating each other as everything" to "returning oneself to oneself"; even if they have been forgotten and consumed, people can still be like the unattended longevity flower on the windowsill, quietly gathering strength to grow in the wind and rain, and eventually becoming a complete self that does not need to rely on others.