On the first day Lin Zhiyi transferred to Nanxi No. 1 High School, she saw a line carved into her desk: Song Yan is a dog.
Then Song Yan himself walked in, a lollipop in his mouth. Pointing at the words, he said, "I didn't carve this. But it is true."
The whole school knew Song Yan was trouble. He got into fights, skipped class, and handed in blank exams, yet somehow placed in the top three every time.
The whole school also knew Lin Zhiyi was a good girl. She was the class representative for Chinese, ranked among the top ten in her grade, and spoke softly.
Nobody knew that Lin Zhiyi always kept a White Rabbit candy in the side pocket of her schoolbag.
And nobody knew that she'd transferred here because of that summer seven years ago.
A few boys had cornered her at the entrance to an alley. A passing teenager chased them off and pressed a White Rabbit candy into her palm.
He said, "Eat it. Don't be scared."
Then he left. She hadn't even had time to ask his name.
Until the start of her second year of high school, when she opened that door. He was there.
Seven years after they first met, he became her client and pushed a contract toward her. "Director Lin, revise this proposal until I'm satisfied."
From school uniforms to wedding dresses, from secret admiration to reunion. She remembered him for seven years, and he searched for her for seven years.
The long confession they couldn't bring themselves to make at seventeen finally found an answer when they were twenty-seven.
Theme: Through the leads' growth and transformation from their youthful school days to the workplace, this story explores the influence of one's family of origin on personality. It portrays the innocence of a teenage crush and the courage it takes for adults to rekindle a broken relationship. It conveys the idea that love means saving and growing together, and encourages readers to express their feelings bravely and learn to understand and accept one another.
