Friends who do digital photography often say that overexposed photos are easy to ruin, and need some editing afterward to get the desired result.
Whenever Yu Nian hears something like that, he just smiles and says it's fine, there's still hope.
Unlike his photo, which can't be saved at all.
His friends show concern and ask if there's a photo he really likes that didn't turn out well, and offer to edit it for him. Yu Nian readily agrees every time, then takes out his phone and opens a photo: an overexposed Polaroid.
At that point, his friends all sigh and say you can't even make out the face, so what's the point of trying to save it? Then they start gossiping about why he's so hung up on this photo of a guy.
He's heard it so often that Yu Nian doesn't get too worked up anymore. He just puts away his phone and says he really likes it, so he refuses to give up. Maybe it can still be saved.
After all, a joke that fate tossed out so casually has occupied half his life, over and over again; and he still wants to keep forever the love that ended in illness, even though it's long beyond saving.
But the person he once knew has long since become someone new. He's the only one left where he was, dwelling on a reunion that will never happen.
Theme: Self-love makes us better people
