Taking Root: When the Stars Rise and Fall

Introduction to the work "Take Root" In the autumn of 2018, Tokyo girl Miyazawa Yuki held the cherry blossom pocket watch left by her father and a pot of succulent named "Snow Shake" on the bluestone road of Guangzhou Qilou Old Street. Before her death, her father said, "Here are your roots." But what awaited her was convoluted Chinese, the silence bias in history classes, and the invisible gap between key classes and parallel classes. Malicious writings were carved on the stone road, and biting salt water was poured on Xue Huang. After she failed in the mock exam, she was surrounded by rumors - she was an "outsider" and a "drager". Even the pocket watch left by her father stopped at the sad moment. Fortunately, grandma's rice rolls are always warm, Mo Sheng's ten-minute comments on wrong questions during class are filled with tenderness, and Lin Xiao and Su Xiaoya protect her regardless of the reason. When the yellowed old photos revealed the cross-border friendship between his father and Grandpa Mo Sheng, and when the dying Xue Huang sprouted new sprouts, Miyazawa Xue finally understood: taking root is never about being accepted by the world, but about sticking to goodwill in the face of prejudice and supporting each other in the wind and rain. The pocket watch restarts ticking, and the arcade lights have long shadows. This "rooting" journey across mountains and seas hides the most touching growth and redemption of youth.