* Friends gather, and over dinner, the conversation shifts from the hit idol drama of the moment to the boy in the white shirt.
The restaurant's lights flicker softly. As the wine takes hold, Meng Xing's memories play through her mind. Looking back, it seems that during her adolescence, there was only Zhou Xian. They were close yet distant, admiring yet resentful of each other, never quite close and never quite strangers.
* Zhou Xian is a year and a half older than Meng Xing and a grade ahead. They were neighbors for years, but were never especially close.
Zhou Xian was so impressive that Meng Xing used to resent him, thinking his brilliance was blinding.
But as Meng Xing grew up, her feelings changed.
Holding hands and kissing Zhou Xian felt awkward, but also strangely familiar.
Theme: People are complicated.
