Please Remember Me

1

At fifteen, with her hair in a high ponytail, Lin Yiyu set off alone with her suitcase to study in the distant city of Yingcheng. At middle school, she met the boy who had sponsored her education.

They failed to get to know each other during the three years that followed in high school.

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Her friends said Lin Yiyu wasn't as quiet as she looked. Inside, she was like a little sun that could shine: cheerful, carefree, resilient, and almost unbelievably good-tempered.

On graduation day, the boy with glasses looked at her calmly, then followed her gaze toward that person and said:

“Lin Yiyu, stop smiling.”

He was a darling of the heavens, surrounded by admirers. He would never look your way.

2

When they met again later, he was still outstanding and untouchable.

Lin Yiyu kept her six-year-long secret crush hidden. Even after spending several nights with someone, she had never once thought anything would change.

Later, she heard his friend ask him how he had managed to win her over.

Ye Jichao kept his gaze fixed on Lin Yiyu in the distance, without a flicker in his expression. Lazily, he replied, “Why would I let you know?”

Then he smiled. “That silly girl.”

Lin Yiyu only smiled.

Her secret crush, which had been hidden away in darkness before finally seeing the light, kept even her daydreams sworn to secrecy.

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Many years later, Ye Jichao received a photograph.

It showed a love letter he had never seen before, yellowed and worn, with neat handwriting.

The last two lines read:

“Ye Jichao, may you fear neither the passing years nor the wind.

From now on, may our paths through mountains and rivers never cross again.”

[You don't know

that someone loved you for many years at the age when they wanted so much love.]

“But I just don't want to turn away.” - Whispers

“Wishing to write among the blossoms and leaves, and send them to the morning clouds.” - Li Shangyin

Theme: I hope you will be brave.