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Lin Yan - Core tag: Hidden ninja trapped in reality - Background details: She comes from an ordinary family in a small northern town. She is the eldest daughter of the family, and she has an idle younger brother. Her parents have a deep-rooted belief in favoring sons over daughters. They have given resources to their son since she was a child and only "asked" for her - from tuition fees to her brother's online loans and compensation. Her salary has almost become the family's "emergency fund." In order to make money quickly, she gave up the opportunity to go to college and started working early. When she was working as a night shift clerk in a convenience store, she lived in a small single room in the old city with a monthly rent of several hundred yuan. There was some water seepage in the walls and no heating in winter. - Character texture: - She has a habit of pretending to be "indifferent" to the outside world: her colleagues at the convenience store said that she "doesn't like to talk" and always gives a formulaic "welcome" to customers. When her mother collects debts, she just hangs up the phone in silence, as if she doesn't care about anything. - Hidden sensitivity and desire in her heart: she would speak softly when combing Hui Hui late at night, hide the canned cat gift from Su Wan in the deepest part of the cabinet, and secretly add an extra spoonful of chili when Xia Zhi mentioned "the sauce made by my sister is delicious" - she just didn't dare to admit that she also needed to be cared about. - The fear of "loss" is engraved in my bones: because I "couldn't keep anything" since I was a child (eggs snatched away, parents' neglect), when faced with Su Wan's approach, my first reaction was to push away, fearing that the warmth would eventually disappear like ashes. - Key memory points: - There is always a faded cat's paw cardboard pendant hanging on the keychain. She cut it with her own hands when Hui Hui first came here. After Hui Hui passed away, she gave the pendant to Su Wan, as if she was handing over her last bit of softness. - There was a shallow scar on her wrist, which was scratched by an iron frame while moving goods. Su Wan once insisted on putting a band-aid on her, but she avoided it, but after Su Wan left, she often rubbed the scar unconsciously. - When I finally worked in a flower shop, I paid special attention to every bouquet of sunflowers - because Xia Zhi's art exhibition poster showed a field of sunflowers. She may have never seen that painting, but she somehow felt that "sunlight should be like that." Su Wan - Core tag: light-chasing idealist - Background details: She came from a wealthy family, but her parents died young and she was adopted by distant relatives. The life of being dependent on others made her seem "free and easy", but in fact she longed for a "sense of belonging" more than anyone else. Studying art was her only resistance - her relatives wanted her to take the civil service exam, but she secretly enrolled in the art department and saved her tuition by accepting manuscripts. After graduation, she decisively refused the job arranged by her family and became a freelance illustrator. The reason for renting next door to Lin Yan was that the house had a south-facing balcony that could get sunlight and was filled with green radish trees. - Character texture: - Wrapping fragility with "enthusiasm": When I first met Lin Yan, he took the initiative to hand over a canned cat. After being sneered by Lin Yan, he still brought mung bean soup the next day, as if he would never be stabbed. But after being told by Lin Yan, "We are not from the same place," she hid on the balcony and cried until there were tears on the pothos leaves, but she didn't let Lin Yan see it. - Obsession with "relationships": Because she was misunderstood by her best friend (who thought she had snatched the opportunity to contribute, but it was actually the editor who contacted her), she cherished Lin Yan very much - when Lin Yan advanced her salary to collect money, she would secretly stuff money into her wallet. When Hui Hui was seriously ill, she would check the "Senior Cat Care Guide" overnight, print it out and put it on Lin Yan's desk. - There is resilience hidden in idealism: knowing clearly that Lin Yan's "reality" is a chasm, but still saying "I'll wait for you"; after going to the south, the first painting I drew was of two girls walking in the rain holding an umbrella. The umbrella was the small daisy pattern she gave Lin Yan as a gift, and the painting was titled "Waiting". - Key memory points: - There is always an unfinished sketch in the drawing tube: it is Lin Yan squatting in front of a convenience store and wiping Hui Hui's paws. The sun is falling on the top of Lin Yan's hair, and Hui Hui's tail is raised very high. She has revised it many times, but she always feels that "the quiet warmth is not captured in the painting." - On the postcard to Lin Yan, the waves were painted particularly gently, because she remembered Lin Yan said "I have never seen the sea", and on the back it was written in very small characters, "Actually, I am afraid that you won't come, but I am even more afraid that you will be unhappy if you come." In the end, she did not dare to send it out, and it was passed to Gu Yu's hands. - On the day I left the north, I bought a bunch of candied haws at the train station. I took a bite and felt it was too sweet. Suddenly I remembered that Lin Yan had never eaten it before - she always said "it's useless to be sweet", but Su Wan felt that Lin Yan should try what sweetness tastes like. Guyu - Core tag: clumsy gentle person - Background details: I grew up in a single-parent family. My father is a construction worker. He is taciturn. His biggest concern is "bringing you apples" and "saving money to spend". I was taught that "boys need to be sensible" since I was a child, so I never mentioned "what I want". I wore my school uniform until it was washed white, for fear of adding a burden to my family. Getting admitted to the Department of Physics at University A was the first time he "rebelled" against his father - his father wanted him to go to a technical school and earn money early, but he enrolled in the university without telling him. He relied on scholarships and part-time work to complete his undergraduate studies, and then enrolled in the school. - Character texture: - Being aloof is an excuse for "not being able to express": when Xia Zhi disturbed him in the library, he would only frown and say nothing; after being kissed by Xia Zhi, the tips of his ears were red but he said "Don't make trouble"; when his father came to deliver money, he felt sad but could only say "you go back" - all his tenderness was hidden in his actions: he held a seat for Xia Zhi, helped him ward off the crowd, and silently handed him hot milk tea when he was tired from painting. - Romance with a focus on details: He will remember that Xia Zhi is "afraid of the dark", so he takes a long way back to his dormitory after studying in the evening; he will find that Xia Zhi always bites the end of his pencil when sketching, so he buys a pack of gummy candies and puts them in his pencil case; after Xia Zhi says he "likes cats", he will secretly check the "Beginner's Guide to Raising Cats", and when he adopts Xiao Ju, he will choose the docile one. - The edges that were "healed" by Xia Zhi: I never participated in group activities before, but after meeting Xia Zhi, I would accompany him to the dance; I had never eaten sweets before, but I learned to make strawberry ice cream; I used to think that "relationships are troublesome", but when Xia Zhi said "I like you", for the first time, I felt that "trouble is okay" for the first time. - Key memory points: - The black short-handled umbrella in the side pocket of the schoolbag was actually bought by Xia Zhi after she got caught in the rain and caught a cold. He said it was a "spare", but he always happened to have an extra one when Xia Zhi forgot to bring an umbrella. - Treasured is the first painting of "him" drawn by Xia Zhi: it is his side face with his head lowered while solving a problem. Xia Zhi's painting was a bit crooked, but he framed it in front of his desk. The reason was that "the steps of the physics problem were drawn correctly." - On the day I received my certificate, I didn't buy a ring. I just gave my physics notes to Xia Zhi. There was a line of small words written on the title page: "All formulas cannot be calculated. How lucky I am to meet you." Xia Zhi - Core tag: glowing little sun - Background details: Growing up in a small southern town, his parents were middle school teachers. The family atmosphere was warm and "a bit noisy" - his mother would chase him to feed him, and his father would paste his paintings all over the refrigerator in the living room. He was pampered and pampered since he was a child, but he was not squeamish at all. Instead, he was very "observant": knowing that grandma liked to be lively, he told her about school every day after school; knowing that Gu Yu was "hard-spoken", he used various methods to make him "speak softly". I went to a northern university because I "wanted to see the snow" and studied art because "I thought the world was so beautiful and I wanted to draw it." I'm a little interested in physics, but I can't learn it. - Character texture: - Enthusiasm with a sense of propriety: he greeted Lin Yan when he first saw her, but after finding that she didn't like to talk, he only chatted briefly while shopping; knowing that Gu Yu's father was "restrictive", he took the initiative to talk about "the braised pork cooked by his uncle" instead of asking about "the situation at home" - his approach was like the spring wind, comfortable but not oppressive. - Use "drawing" to express everything: draw Gu Yu's smiling face when you are happy, draw a rainy rooftop when you are sad, draw a kitten holding a sign (with "I'm sorry" written on it) when you want to apologize. In the painting called "Island", he didn't say that it was him and Gu Yu, but at the art exhibition, he quietly pulled Gu Yu to the painting and looked at the light in his eyes. - Delicacy behind optimism: He will notice that Lin Yan "always stares at the refrigerator in a daze", so he takes Gu Yu to go shopping often, trying to make her "livelier"; he will find that Gu Yu is "afraid of the dark", so he deliberately says "I don't dare to walk in dark alleys alone" and holds his hand; after Su Wan leaves, he will no longer mention "Sister Su Wan" in front of Lin Yan, for fear of poking her sore spots. - Key memory points: - On page 37 of the sketchbook, there is a drawing of Hui Hui, and next to it is written, "Sister Lin Yan's cat, like her, looks fierce, but is actually very soft." After Hui Hui passed away, he drew a small white flower on that page. - The little orange cat he adopted was always dressed up in the same style as Hui Hui (wearing a small gray scarf). Gu Yu called him "childish", but he smiled and said: "This way sister Lin Yan won't be too sad when she thinks of Hui Hui." Gray gray - Core Tag: Silent Healer - Background story: The abandoned stray cat was picked up by Lin Yan when it was huddled in a ball and shivering in the back alley of the convenience store. When he first arrived, he was too thin and had injuries on his legs. Lin Yan used his own salary to buy cat food and apply ointment for it, and it stayed at Lin Yan's house and became the only living thing in that small house. - Meaning of existence: - is Lin Yan's "emotional outlet": after Lin Yan was pressed for debt by his family, he would hold it and cry; when Su Wan came to visit, it would take the initiative to nuzzle Su Wan, as if "welcoming her" for Lin Yan; after its death, Lin Yan collapsed in front of Su Wan for the first time, because "even the last one who would not leave has left." - Is the "glue" of the relationship: Su Wan entered Lin Yan's world for the first time because of it; Xia Zhi and Lin Yan became familiar because of chatting about it; it even "witnessed" the warmest moment between Lin Yan and Su Wan - the two sat on the floor and watched it take a nap on the pothos. - Is a symbol of "can't stay": its departure is like a metaphor, telling Lin Yan that "some warmth is destined to be short-lived", and also allows her to finally accept "Su Wan's departure" - maybe it's not that she doesn't love, it's just that the wind of life always blows in different directions. Concept: Everyone has a different ending