After lying dormant through an entire winter, winter wheat ripens when the southern winds arrive in May, ready to be harvested. That is what Shen Zhinian’s high school years were like.
After Shen Zhinian’s parents divorced, her mother took her to live with her best friend. From then on, Shen Zhinian would have a new home there.
Her mother’s friend had a son named Liang Huai. At first, Shen Zhinian had no idea that one day he would shamelessly attach himself to her, and from then on, no matter where she went, there would always be someone at her side.
One day, after Shen Zhinian graduated from high school.
“Shen Zhinian.”
“Hmm? What is it?”
“Would you date someone? Someone who’d do whatever you say.”
“Huh? Do you like me?”
One day, Liang Huai got drunk and wrapped both arms around Shen Zhinian’s waist, complaining pitifully about her misdeeds. “Shen Zhinian, how can you be so bossy? Boohoo~”
Shen Zhinian looked at her boyfriend sobbing in her arms, his eyes red from crying. Unable to hide her excitement, she cupped his face. “Hmm? What did I do to upset you this time?”
Tears that had yet to fall brimmed in Liang Huai’s eyes as he gazed at Shen Zhinian, blurred and indistinct before him. “You’re just so mean. You’ve filled up my whole world. You did before, you do now, and you will in the future.”
When he finished, the tears spilled over and ran down along Shen Zhinian’s hand. She reached up to wipe them from his face, then lowered her head...
Theme: The plains stretch far and wide, bearing the labor of generations; the silent earth keeps the joys and sorrows of every passing year.
