A Song of the Years

The years had already written their ending when they first met at eleven.

Meng Zige had a vague premonition that from the moment Xiang Changyin reached out to her, she was destined never to escape him.

All the twists and turns, partings and reunions that followed were just the usual rises and falls of a story, all so that when we looked back over the years together, we would realize that tears and laughter were equally precious.

Equally precious: our story, their story.

This story neither glorifies love and rebellion nor shies away from regret and pain.

Youth is gentle and beautiful. There's no need to dress it up.

"I used to fear separations: friends who drifted farther and farther away, the old home reduced to ruins along with my childhood, crushes that ended without a word, and the people who would never come back...

The undertone of life is always sorrow.

I still think so today.

But you are by my side."

Theme: This story neither glorifies love and rebellion nor shies away from regret and pain. Youth is gentle and beautiful. There's no need to dress it up.