She thought she would never be able to speak again.
When Mai Xiaoyu was six, her best friend pressed a handful of love peas into her palm at the airport.
"Keep them safe for me." Then he vanished without a trace.
Twelve years later, she meets a boy named Chi Hao in high school. They clash at every turn and seem utterly incompatible, yet one rainy day they share an umbrella. He secretly visits her when she is sick, kisses her after losing a bet, and is willing to stand against the whole world for her.
But before she can respond, the word "identity" tears them apart.
During the time Mai Xiaoyu flees to England, she loses her voice. It isn't an illness; she's in too much pain to speak. She fills her diary with the words "I want to go back," yet cannot manage to utter a single syllable.
Until one day, a letter from an old friend brings her back to the stage.
And nothing in the world is more moving than this: when she finally finds her voice again, he is still waiting where she left him.
A single love pea, the regrets of two generations, and a long-delayed reunion that was never truly absent.
It turns out you've been waiting all this time for me to speak.
Theme: A single red bean asks no return date, yet its echo will come in time.
