From the day Chen Che was sent to the Lin family, the two children's long years ahead became intertwined.
Chen Che was rebellious and carefree, the school's notorious troublemaking heartthrob.
He was late, skipped class, and got into fights. He didn't care about anyone's opinion. The teachers couldn't keep him in line, and his classmates were too afraid to try.
Lin Jiu was the class monitor of Class Two and Chen Che's childhood friend. She caught him skipping class, dragged him back to the classroom, and nagged him to do his homework.
September came, and the cicadas were falling quiet.
In the alley before school started, the boy bent down to meet her gaze, his tone brazen.
"Lin Xiaojiu, what gives you the right to boss me around?"
Back then, he was all defiance, his eyes and brows brimming with unrestrained pride.
Later, one night, the boy, a little drunk, buried his face in the crook of her neck. His voice trembled and rasped as he mumbled,
"Lin Xiaojiu, are you not going to look after me anymore?"
He looked a little obedient, and a little aggrieved.
.
Back then, no one knew that in the endless, lightless years to come,
the boy, blazing like the dawn, would become Lin Jiu's only support for the rest of her life.
"He is the dearest friend I will ever have, and the love I will cherish for a lifetime."
Moral: Even the deepest chasm can be reached by daylight.
