In the back row of the high school classroom, Ye Shuying's draft book was always filled with formulas. The three words "Shen Lechuan" that he occasionally crossed were blurred by his eraser. There was a sycamore leaf sandwiched in Shen Lechuan's textbook. He picked it up and handed it to him - one was trapped in silence by his mother's moodiness, and the other was hiding the pain from his father's belt by skipping classes and fighting, but at the moment when the power went out in the evening self-study, he touched the lighter handed to him at the same time.
They once said on the rooftop, "When we grow up, no one can bully us." Later, Ye Shuying became a criminal policeman, pursuing criminals in every corner of the city. In his wallet was the ugly smiley face Shen Lechuan drew in high school; Shen Lechuan became an emergency doctor, with a stethoscope to listen to countless heartbeats, and a small note "Don't stay up late" written by Ye Shuying on the back of his badge.
The autumn rain came early that year, and Ye Shuying was accidentally injured while rescuing hostages. The bullet penetrated the lungs, and her police uniform was soaked with blood when she was sent to the hospital. Shen Lechuan had just finished resuscitation, took off his mask and rushed to the operating room. Before he could take off his gloves, the moment his fingertips touched Ye Shuying's skin, he was shaking like the night he was beaten by his father in high school.
Ye Shuying couldn't survive the dawn, and when she was dying, she tugged at the corner of Shen Lechuan's clothes, just like she did when she was afraid that he would fall down on the rooftop. Amidst the long beeping of the monitor, Shen Lechuan remembered Ye Shuying's words, "I want to be the one who protects you."
Half a year later, Shen Lechuan was hit by an out-of-control truck on his way home from his night shift. In the photo album that fell out of his pocket, the last page was a high school photo: two teenagers huddled beside the rooftop railing, Ye Shuying's shoulder pressed against Shen Lechuan's arm, with flaming clouds in the background.
The ginkgo trees on the old campus have fallen and grown long. When the wind blows, it always seems like someone is whistling - that was the signal that Shen Lechuan told Ye Shuying to skip class. They finally grew up to be adults who could protect themselves, but they lost each other when they turned around. The unspoken "love" at the age of seventeen became a secret buried in the autumn rain and could never be spoken again.
Purpose: Get rid of bad habits
