Gardenia

Twenty-seven-year-old Lin Wan saw a crowdfunding link late at night while working overtime. The girl in the photo is so thin that her face is out of shape. Her name is strange yet familiar. That was his high school classmate. The girl who always sits in the front row, never goes to the cafeteria, and drinks cold water from an old mineral water bottle. After a few days the link disappeared and no one mentioned her again. When she opened her eyes again, Lin Wan was seventeen years old again. The fluorescent lamps are buzzing, and the blackboard sign with "278 days left until the college entrance examination" has not yet been wiped. Shen Zhi was sitting in the row in front of him. The cuffs of his school uniform had grown out, and the shape of his shoulder blades protruded through the thin fabric. This time, he placed the first cup of hot milk on the corner of her table. This time, he said "think about it" instead of pretending not to notice. Twenty-two boxes of pure milk filled half the desk. Her eyes were red, but she did not cry. What can a reborn person change? Maybe it's just a meal, a cup of hot water, and "I'll teach you math." But when the girl who never dared to reach out was finally willing to hold his gaze—— Lin Wan knew that this time, he would not miss it again. This is a story about redemption. It is also a story about redemption.