The story of Lin Xiaoman and Jiang Yizhou begins with the back window of the elementary school that smells of sophora japonica. In order to compete for the "treasure spot" by the window, one used a chalk tip to "sneak attack", and the other hid his homework book, thus forming the fate of "enemies". During the rehearsal of the June 1st sketch, they went from constantly arguing with each other to tacitly understanding each other to save the situation, allowing them to discover each other's shining points, and friendship quietly sprouted. On the eve of graduation, the bet placed under the locust tree and the locust leaves sandwiched in the notebook became witnesses of the innocent promise.
After entering high school, Jiang Yizhou transferred to another school due to family changes. The two lost contact and each grew up in a new environment. Lin Xiaoman became an artistic girl on campus, while Jiang Yizhou sweated wantonly on the basketball court. An encounter in the corridor of the high school campus brought the two closer together again. On the night walk after self-study, they shared their thoughts with each other, and the familiar tacit understanding gradually returned.
Entering university, the different paces of campus life make their relationship close and distant, with misunderstandings and cold wars occurring from time to time. But at the graduation party, Jiang Yizhou took out the locust leaves that he had treasured for many years, and the unspoken feelings finally got the answer.
In the city, the pressure of the workplace and the triviality of life have not deterred them. The pick-up and drop-off on typhoon night and the mutual companionship after overtime work made the two hearts tightly connected. From the youthful fights in elementary school to the mutual support in the city, they have stuck to their original agreement over the years and written their warm stories with their growth.
Concept: Poetry of time in ordinary daily life: anchored by details full of sense of life such as "locust leaves", "rear window", "night self-study on the road", "encounter at an urban convenience store", connecting the stages of life from campus to the city, exploring the delicate touches of ordinary days, allowing readers to see similar fragments of their own youth and growth in the characters' stories, and feel that "the most moving imprint of time is hidden in the smoke."