Extinguished Outdoor Fireworks

In his boyhood, Meng Yixiao was a talented screenwriter in the high school drama club, and Liu Shiqing was the much-anticipated captain of the volleyball team. A rehearsal for a campus drama festival caused two completely different people to fall into each other. Whispers on the rooftop, hugs in the rehearsal room late at night, Meng Yixiao wrote all the confession lines and gave them all to Liu Shiqing. They fell in love quietly and agreed to openly reveal their relationship on the stage at the end of the theater festival. The performance came to a successful conclusion, and amid the cheers of the crowd, Meng Yixiao's outstretched hand was quietly avoided by Ji Liu Shiqing. Faced with the ambiguous booing from others, Liu Shiqing deliberately drew a clear line. In an instant, all the hot expectations cooled down. Meng Yixiao believed that he was just a secret that could not be seen in the light; Liu Shiqing had a long-term plan in his heart, and just wanted to wait until he was financially independent and had enough confidence to be fair and honest with him. But the young man was proud and stubborn, and his surging disappointment blocked all explanations. After a vigorous quarrel, the two cut off all ties. After the college entrance examination, they were separated by thousands of miles. They lost contact for ten years and never heard from each other again. Ten years have passed by in a blink of an eye. Meng Yixiao became a well-known playwright in the industry and was invited to serve as the script director of the Urban Youth Theater Festival; Liu Shiqing became a successful entrepreneur and returned to the city as an investor. In the conference room of the cultural center, the two suddenly met again. Old scars are suddenly revealed, and long-standing grievances and barriers resurface. Over the long years, they were trapped in their own versions of memories, one clinging to the embarrassment of being abandoned, the other regretting that they never had a chance to explain. As preparations for the festival continue to converge, dusty manuscripts and objects left over from the old drama club slowly reveal the unspoken thoughts of those years. The stage is like reincarnation, replaying unfinished stories from ten years ago. They will eventually understand that the breakup at the age of eighteen has nothing to do with the elimination of love and hatred, but they were too young at that time and did not understand how to tolerate each other's different expectations for love. The open-air fireworks that were once extinguished have not completely dissipated. After going round and round, after years of polishing, the two finally gained the courage to rekindle the spark. This is a broken reunion that started on campus and spanned ten years. The cracks will last forever, but the love can grow again. Intent: Young regrets stem from miscommunication and unequal needs for love. Only when we mature can we learn to tolerate each other's difficulties.