High school setting
If Xia Ruo had to choose a plant to describe Lan Ze, she would choose bitter chrysanthemum.
"Bitter chrysanthemum: slightly bitter, with a sweet aftertaste. It clears heat and detoxifies."
Just like the meaning of Lan Ze's presence in her life.
Xia Ruo first met Lan Ze at a billiards hall.
If she had to describe Lan Ze back then, Xia Ruo could only stammer out four words: "He's a good person."
Lan Ze said, "We'll see each other often from now on."
And it came true: they became deskmates.
Xia Ruo thought they would always be like that, silently spending their lives as the strangers who knew each other best.
Until that night,
Two lonely souls wandered together through the darkness, and their relationship quickly grew closer.
To Xia Ruo, Lan Ze was like a beam of light shining on her. It wasn't warm enough, but it was enough to brighten her bitter, gloomy girlhood.
She thought they would go on like this forever, and even if they couldn't be lovers, they would still be close friends.
But Xia Ruo was wrong.
One day in her second year of high school, Lan Ze suddenly disappeared from her life.
No matter how hard she searched, she could no longer find any trace of him at Beichen No. 1 High School.
Theme: Cherish the people around you.
