He was known to others as "the child of a murderer," a troublemaker they cursed behind his back as "an ill-bred brat with no parents to raise him."
She was loved and cherished, and grew up on fairy tales, a sunflower basking in warm sunlight.
But what she remembered was him helping his grandmother pave the muddy downhill path with bricks;
The stubborn look in his eyes as he wiped away a nosebleed after being beaten and said, "Stay away from me";
The candy she gave him, which he always secretly kept. When she called him "Brother Zhiheng," he said nothing, yet went with her to an empty lot to draw trains with crayons. He was always the first to stand up for her when she was bullied.
But she didn't know that she was the only light shining on him in his childhood, a light he thought he'd never be able to reach.
Later, she was taken to the city. When he came of age, he too left the mountain village and put down roots in an unfamiliar city, like a resilient plant growing through a crack in stone.
Years later, when they met again, he kept pushing her away because he felt unworthy.
"You deserve someone better."
"You're the best there is."
She understood his embarrassment and his inner unease, so she kept rushing toward him, showing him how she felt. The two kept pulling each other close and pushing each other away.
His lips said he only wanted her to find someone better, but the possessiveness in his heart grew stronger and stronger.
One day, he held her, tears glistening in his eyes.
"Let me take care of you, okay?"
The days scattered by mountain winds, harsh reality, and partings gathered together again the moment their eyes met. Some bonds had taken root long ago, in the butterfly hair clip and bamboo dragonfly exchanged in their youth, and in their silent companionship, growing into the most resilient roots in each other's lives.
It was a love too hard to confess, and a closeness approached with utmost care.
A self-conscious, resilient male lead and a warm, sunny female lead
Theme: Even when thorns cut your hands, keep holding on to hope.
