The most heartbreaking thing in the world is to stand in front of the person you once had a secret crush on years later and realize you no longer have the right to stand by his side.
After failing the college entrance exam, dropping out due to illness, falling into debt, and selling her home, Ran Ran turned what should have been a bright, vibrant life into a tragedy that went downhill at every turn, all within just over twenty years.
At twenty-seven, tired and fighting off sleep, she stood by the roadside hawking a tutoring center's buy-one-get-one-free course tickets: buy one course and get a book. That's when she saw a man emerge from a beautiful, streamlined building like the Sydney Opera House.
Mei Yu, her crush. They had been classmates in elementary school, middle school, and high school. Over twelve years, nearly a fifth of her life, she had spent time with him.
Her love was secret and unspoken, like the tide before a storm, rising and falling over and over, never crossing the line.
Clear-eyed and aching, Ran Ran clutched her flyers, her nails tearing through the paper. She didn't throw them away. She simply watched Mei Yu, and he noticed her too.
The calm in his dark eyes gave way to surprise. Before Mei Yu could greet her, Ran Ran turned and ran.
In the sunlight, every memory became another moment of torture, reminding her again and again of how wretched her life had become.
If only she could start over.
Return to the past and pull herself out of the mire.
Across time and space, my love for you has never changed.
A story about losing yourself, finding yourself again, and making up for past regrets.
A genius aeronautical designer x a dedicated physicist
Theme: Never give up on your dreams
