Alley Rain Lock Double Shadow

In an old alley of a small town during the rainy season, art student Lin Shen and science student Chen Yu accidentally became connected over a black umbrella. The sloping umbrella eaves in the rain, the flashlight waiting by the studio, and the unfulfilled appointment to enjoy the snow at the Forbidden City on the rooftop have become the most tacit footnotes of their youth - Lin Shen's drawing paper always hides Chen Yu's silhouette, and Chen Yu's exercise book often has warm milk next to it. On the eve of the college entrance examination, a heavy rain broke down the old alley wall and blocked the way forward for the two of them. In order to take care of his mother who was injured in a fall, Chen Yu hid the admission notice from a northern architecture school and stayed in the local area to open a repair shop; Lin Shen clutched the brochure of the Academy of Fine Arts, swallowed "I will accompany you" down his throat, and rushed to the south alone. In the next ten years, they went from being close friends who communicated every day to strangers who only sent blessings to each other during the holidays. In Lin Shen's art exhibitions, northern snow scenes have become an eternal theme; in the countless easels that Chen Yu has repaired, he always subconsciously touches the familiar wooden texture. Reunited on a rainy night at a class reunion, the silence of the confrontation in the alley and the unspoken regrets were eventually drowned out by the sound of rain. The black umbrella that once covered the two of them failed to lock the two shadows in their youth, leaving only damp memories in the alley, echoing repeatedly in time.