A Red Thread Bound Us for Twenty-Four Years

📖 Three Lives, Part One: Crossing Over; The Boy in the Library Who Wouldn't Say His Name

1994 | Campus | Romance | Mystery

💔 Three red cords, intertwined for twenty-four years, bind two deaths into the same knot.

🍂 1994 · Chengchuan University

Eighteen-year-old Su Mu meets a taciturn senior. He won't tell her who he is, so she pieces together his name, Wen Zhao'an, from the title page of an old book, the handwriting on a library card, and the red cord around his wrist.

But the library card also bears the name Wen Zhaochuan. The handwriting is almost identical. 📝

🌊 1995 · Yanhui Lake

The boat capsizes. He isn't among those who make it to shore.

Su Mu's love begins at his memorial service. She reads his diary and recognizes his handwriting, only to learn the truth: thirteen years ago, his older brother sank beneath the waters of Shayan Pond; thirteen years later, on a sunny day, he let go over the lake.

"I'm jealous of He Ye because he dares to pursue someone, while all I can do is wait."

❤️ Another kind of love means going after someone.

A volleyball brings He Ye into her life. He pursues her from freshman year through senior year, never stopping for a moment. He stays by her side as she learns about that man's life, then helps her let go. 🏐

🧵 Three years later · Another pier

A young man rescues two children, but never comes back up. A six-year-old girl takes off her red cord and ties it around the rescued boy's hand.

One end binds the brother who sank beneath the water; the other, the child who survived. 🪢

Some people don't fail to love. Fate simply cuts off their answer too soon.

Theme: Some people don't fail to love. Fate simply cuts off their answer too soon.