Sleepless Letterhead

In the County No. 1 Middle School in the 1980s, Chen Mo, an introverted and thin rural science genius, and Lin Wei, an urban English top student, met because they sat next to each other. The huge gap in English made Chen Mo feel inferior and look up to him, but Lin Wei's math advice ignited a secret spark in his heart. The cruel wheel of the college entrance examination passed by: Chen Mo failed in the School of Mining, and Lin Wei failed one after another. A concerned letter started a five-year correspondence between the two. Chen Mo used the motto "It is gold that always shines, it is roses that always bloom" to support Lin Wei through the cold winter of re-reading, and the seedlings of emotion quietly grew between the lines. When Lin Wei finally realized her college dream, Chen Mo's joy was met by her brother's cold doorstep and profound humiliation - "the toad wants to eat swan meat." Anger and self-esteem drove Chen Mo to write a decisive letter to break off diplomatic relations. Although it subsequently eased, the rift was difficult to heal. Chen Mo failed the postgraduate entrance examination and was assigned to a century-old mine; an important train appointment was missed due to a twist of fate, and the correspondence came to an abrupt end. Ten years later, Chen Mo used his perseverance to make "gold" shine deep in the mines. A sincere letter home written in anger unexpectedly won him a marriage. When he accidentally dug out the 99 dusty letters, the memories of his youth came flooding back. He finally felt relieved: the letters written in those sleepless nights were the marks of youth that would never fade; the rose that he once looked up to had quietly bloomed in the place that belonged to her. The misplaced youth and deep love finally settled into a calm sigh in time - the roses were gorgeous, but they did not bloom for him after all.