Su Wan's days in a key high school were like living in a transparent cage.
She was a docile "good girl" in the eyes of her teachers. She took neat notes and spoke as softly as a feather. Even when she was falsely accused by her classmates of delivering a love letter, she just lowered her head and remained silent. The relationship between parents has long been at a freezing point. In a family that favors boys over girls, "being sensible" is a discipline engraved in the bones - to support your younger brother, to give up the paintbrush, and to follow the path they planned.
But no one knew that the frayed poetry collection in her schoolbag contained the livehouse ticket stub; no one had seen her hiding on the rooftop, writing a diary full of grievances facing the moon; no one knew that when she skipped class to go to an art exhibition, her eyes were as bright as falling stars.
Until Lu Ze, who was sitting next to her, broke into her secret.
He is the number one in his grade, the president of the student union, and the "perfect benchmark" in the teacher's words, but he will calmly throw out surveillance screenshots when she is being challenged; he will open his studio and say "it is safe here" when she hides her painting tools; and when she is scolded by her mother for being "not as good as my brother", he will hand her a tissue and whisper softly: "You don't have to endure it."
He saw through all her disguises and understood the thorns and light that could not be hidden in her eyes. Those unspoken concerns are hidden in the hot milk that was handed to me, hidden in the whisper of "I didn't sleep" while camping, hidden in the title page of the blank picture album he gave me, and the moon he drew quietly.
Later, Su Wan realized that some tenderness is never a vigorous rescue, but someone standing by your side, making you dare to say "no" to the world and dare to shine the light that has been hidden for a long time bit by bit.
Just like the moon brooch he gave her at the end, he said: "There is no need to hide it in the future."
She smiled and hugged him: "Because you are here."
Intention: Even if you are in a difficult situation full of thorns, you can rely on self-awareness and the gentle protection of others to break free from the constraints and live towards the sun, and finally let the suppressed life bloom with your own light.
