She came to the Shinan District Court to attend a domestic violence case.
The lawyer pushed the door open and came in. Their eyes met and the pen in her hand fell.
Eight years. The last time she said, "I've read it again, don't wait for me," she changed her number and disappeared.
After the court ended, he called her in the corridor: "Su Shiyu." After a step, he asked, "Are you okay?"
It was exactly the same as when she sent "the weather is nice today" eight years ago and he responded instantly.
——This is their secret code, which means "I'm still here."
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She has been living in different places since she was five years old. She was said to be "possessed by evil spirits" and was kicked like a ball.
He sat next to her in junior high. When the whole class ran away, he was the only one who didn't run away. He took off his school uniform jacket and covered her body.
Then she pushed him away. It's not that I don't love you, it's that I'm afraid that I won't be able to control it when I get sick, like a knife without a sheath, afraid of cutting the nearest person.
We lost contact for eight years, and they were both in Qingdao, a 20-minute ride away, and no one knew they were in the same city.
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Grandma swallowed love into her belly, waiting for a person for a lifetime, and humming a song until she got old was understood.
My mother hid her love at the bottom of the box. She never failed to make a transfer in ten years. She kept ten cotton-padded jackets, and the sizes grew with her.
Coming to her, she pushed love out.
A generation of people swallowed their words, and a generation of people retracted their hands into their sleeves. Only when they came to her did they dare to stretch out their hands.
He said: You can't hurt me. Just stay alive.
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Her name is Shigure. My mother said that the rain that falls when everything is driest is called Shigure.
The fog has cleared and spring is here.
The idea: the support of three generations of women - each generation breaks a chain, and only the third generation dares to stretch out their hands. The bottom line is "Love is not good enough to be close to you, it's as long as you are alive."