"Symphony of Sunshine and Shadow" is a warm and delicate youth coming-of-age novel that tells the touching story of Zhou Rui, an introverted boy, and Yu Han, a sunny boy, from classmates to lovers. Zhou Rui, who is 153cm, and Yuhan, who is 165cm, one is as quiet as a shadow, the other is as dazzling as the sun, composing the most beautiful youth movement on the junior high school campus.
The story begins with the subtle emotions when they first met, and delicately depicts Zhou Rui's mental journey from resistance to acceptance, from ignorance to heartbeat. Yuhan slowly melted the ice in Zhou Rui's heart with a bottle of warm water, a delivery of medicine, and a smile; while Zhou Rui also gradually recognized his own feelings through the kiss of the Ferris wheel during the study trip and the gentle care of washing his hair in the bathroom. When Yuhan bravely held his hand at the graduation ceremony of the senior year of high school, and when they drank a glass of wine calmly at the class reunion, the relationship finally moved from secret to light.
The work uses fresh and smooth brushstrokes to show the purity and beauty of same-sex emotions in adolescence. From the secret glances between desks to the touching of fingertips in the bathroom, from the chase in the go-kart park to the first kiss on the Ferris wheel, every detail is full of the sweetness and excitement unique to youth. What's even more rare is that the story not only stops at campus love, but also depicts how two teenagers work together to face the outside world and finally embrace their true selves in the sun.
This work is like a youth concerto, telling us with warm words: The most beautiful love is to meet the person who makes you brave to be yourself on the way of growing up. Whether you are 153cm or 165cm, you can find the most comfortable posture in love.
Intention: To the campus love that was missed back then