When Yu Fei was seventeen years old, the day he broke his ankle on the ice, his mother never looked back at him again.
The woman who had practiced short track speed skating with him since childhood turned all her attention to a young man named Jiang Hao - his talent, his competition, and his appearance every time he crossed the finish line.
As Yu Fei lay on the hospital bed, looking at the photos on his phone of his mother arranging Jiang Hao's protective gear, the sea began to pour in endlessly, flooding him for many years.
He retired, went abroad, studied, and then returned to China to found an event operation company, converting other people's efforts on the ice into numbers in sponsorship contracts, like a calm revenge.
Jiang Hao became the top player in the tournament he hosted. Jiang Hao's photo was printed on the investment page. Yu Fei sat in the office and stared at the photo for a long time.
They must cooperate.
Every time they meet, Yu Fei will fall into the sea again. But Jiang Hao didn't know anything - he only saw that his brother was avoiding him, calling him "Teacher Jiang", and using all his strength to draw a line between "we don't know each other".
But Jiang Hao still reached out his hand.
He didn't know how Yu Fei ended up under the water all those years. He just wanted the guy to see that there was someone on the ice running for him.
The sea where you sink, I will swim up with you.
Purpose: Throughout our lives, we are looking for a piece of water that can support us. This is not a story about forgiveness. Yu Fei does not need to forgive his mother, nor does he need to forgive Jiang Hao. What he needs is to admit that he has always been angry, hating, and hurting, and then choose to swim up from the bottom of the water. He swam up not to hug the people on the shore, but because he wanted to breathe again. And Jiang Hao extended his hand not because of guilt. He is saying: I am also in the sea where you sank, and I will swim with you. Under the ice is the sea, and above the sea is the sky. Two people standing on different waters will one day learn to breathe in the same place.