She Turns Fleeting Years into Poetry

The old bookstores in the old alleys of Jiangnan contain the years when Lin Shiwan and her grandmother depended on each other, as well as the tenderness intertwined between words and time. An accidental look back at the Danube River led her, who loves poetry, to meet Gu Xici, who is obsessed with ancient architecture. The unexpected slip of the paper knife became the prelude to fate. From the fragrance of gardenias in an old bookstore to the misty courtyard of Xu's old house, from walking side by side by the moat at dusk to the resonance of heartbeats on New Year's Eve, from the affectionate concern of long-distance emails to the daily life of raising stray cats together, they used poetry as a medium and architecture as a contract to slowly get closer in time. There are hesitations during the first snowfall, candlelight watching on rainy nights, quarrels and reconciliations over renovation plans for old houses, and stories and promises hidden in wedding dresses. This is an encounter that spans four seasons, a dialogue between architecture and poetry, and a deep feeling that settles in the fireworks of the world. They protect the old building and each other's original intentions, turning ordinary passing years into the most touching lines of poetry.