Paraiba tourmaline has a brilliant, rare blue-green hue, almost neon, like the sharp edge Lin Jianwei hides beneath her composed exterior.
Alexandrite is different. It changes color with the light, just like the other side of Zhou Xubai: flawless in public, yet unwilling to reveal himself easily when alone.
Lin Jianwei dislikes defining other people, and she dislikes having her life arranged for her. Zhou Xubai, as it happens, is exceptionally good at arranging everything just so.
She finds his thoroughness almost infuriating, yet after every meeting, she catches herself thinking back on what he said.
Theme: Live life with effort and optimism.
