Shi Xingzhou refused to attend Shen Haiming's funeral because he believed the man was still alive.
"He'll come back," Shi Xingzhou insisted.
He waited a long time. One year, two years... until thirteen years had passed. Time wore away the passion and sharp edges of his youth, and reality sealed away the dreams he had once held. He compromised with life countless times, but held firm on one thing.
"Shen Haiming isn't dead." Shi Xingzhou rejected another blind date and once again insisted to his family, "They haven't found his body. How can you say he's gone?"
In other people's eyes, Shi Xingzhou refused to accept his lover's death or make a new start. He was like a madman, forever lost in the past.
"Stop waiting," they all urged him to accept his loss.
**
Shen Haiming transmigrates thirteen years into the future. Completely bewildered, he is taken to the hospital by kind strangers. When he can't pay the medical bill and they can't contact his family, he is sent to the police station.
At last, Shen Haiming tries calling the number of his lover from thirteen years ago. "Is this Shi Xingzhou? Do you remember me? It's me, your big brother, Shen Haiming. I'm at the police station..."
The voice on the other end is dry and cold: "You'd better not be lying to me."
Shen Haiming: "Hey, I'm telling the truth!"
"Wait there."
Notes:
1. Their age dynamic reverses after the transmigration. Beforehand, the gong is 24 and the shou is 19. Thirteen years later, the gong is 24 and the shou is 32.
2. Mostly daily life.
Theme: You only fall for someone once, and good love helps the protagonists grow and keeps affection fresh over time.
